Ancient Gold - Roman
Lot 3008 SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 21ST NOV) Ancient Gold - Roman
Estimate $7,000
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SOLD $6,400
ANTONINUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued 147, (7.22 g), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, bare head to right, rev. Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left, holding palladium on extended hand and vertical spear, oval shield set on ground to right, (cf.S.4035, RIC 159, C.1150, BMC 588 var). Well struck, a few light scratches on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and scarce.
Ex Neal Archer Collection. Purchased from I.S.Wright, August 1989. Previously Baldwins London.
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