★ From the Trau Collection ★
Antoninus Pius Aureus, Ceres and Proserpina reverse
Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). Aureus (18-19 mm, 7.16 g), Rome, 151 AD.
Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XIIII, Bare head right.
Rev. LAETITIA COS IIII, on left, Ceres standing right, holding two grain ears in right hand; on right, Proserpina standing facing, head left, holding pomegranate in left hand.
RIC 199c.
With a portrait of fine style struck in high relief. Very fine.
From the Trau Collection and ex Gilhofer&Ranschburg/A. Hess 1935, Nr. 1439.
Price realized | 4'000 CHF |
Starting price | 3'000 CHF |
Estimate | 5'000 CHF |