Antoninus Pius augustus, 138 – 161

Aureus 146, AV 20 mm, 7.27 g. ANTONINVS AVG PI – VS P P TR P COS IIII Laureate head r. Rev. Roma seated l., holding palladium and spear; at side, shield. C 1149. BMC 590. RIC 159c. Calicó 1455.
Minor scuff above the ear on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine

Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge 13 July 1908, Osborne O’Hagan, 383; Sothebys 10 November 1972, Metropolitan Museum, 310; Triton IV, 2000, 554 and NAC 41, 2007, 86 sales. From a Scandinavian private collection.