Antoninus Pius, as Augustus (AD 138-161). AV aureus (19mm, 7.16 gm, 7h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 145. ANTONINVS AVG-PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate bust of Antoninus Pius right, drapery over far left shoulder visible across front and back / LIB IIII, Antoninus Pius seated left on curule chair placed on platform, Liberalitas standing left before him, pouring coins from cornucopia towards citizen standing right on ground before platform, holding out toga to receive donative. Calicó 1567. RIC III -, cf. 140 (without drapery). Perfectly centered strike on luxurious honey toned flan with satiny surfaces. The Ostian Fasti record that the fourth largesse to the Roman people was in the amount of 90 denarii per citizen and took place in spring AD 145, soon after the wedding of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II.

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