Antoninus Pius AV Aureus. Rome, AD 151. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / TR POT XIIII COS IIII, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; PAX in exergue. RIC III 200c; C. 581 corr. (rev. misdescribed); BMCRE 728; Biaggi 744 var. (bust type); Calicó 1590 (same dies). 7.19g, 20mm, 6h.
Mint State; a portrait of magnificent style struck in high relief. Scarce.
From the Altstetten Collection, kept in the vault of Crédit Suisse Geneva (documentation available upon request) since 26 November 1969.
Price realized | 10'000 GBP |
Starting price | 4'500 GBP |
Estimate | 7'500 GBP |