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15 November 2015
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Excellent portrait

Starting Price: 4000 CHF
Hammer Price:  4000 CHF
Lot 305

Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 31mm, 27.53 g 12), Rome, the late 140s-150s. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P Laureate and bearded head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. COS III[I] / S - C Antoninus Pius standing left, wearing military dress, paludamentum and a radiate nimbus, holding a laurel branch in his right hand and a spear in his left. Banti 116. BMC 1667. Cohen 318. RIC 765. A splendid example of a perfectly struck sestertius with an excellent portrait and a fine brown patina. Extremely fine.


From a collection in Switzerland.

Online bidding closes: 15 Nov 2015, 20:32:30 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 19:07:41 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:4000 CHF by patrick2222 (1 bid)
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