Roman Empire Antoninus Pius AD 153-154 Æ Sestertius Good Very Fine
Good Very Fine | ROMAN EMPIRE. Antoninus Pius.
Bronze sestertius, AD 153-154. Rome.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII, laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder. Rev: LIBERTAS COS IIII, Libertas, draped, standing right, holding pileus in extended right hand and extending left hand; S-C across fields.
Good Very Fine.

Reference: RIC III-916b var. (bust type); BMCRE-1945 var. (same).
Rarity: Extremely Rare bust type; unrecorded in the standard reference works, and the second of this variety to come to auction in the past two decades.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from DRG Coins & Antiquities, August 2018.
Die Axis: 12h.
Diameter: 32 mm.
Weight: 29.31 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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