Ancient Gold


Lot 744 Ancient Gold
Estimate $2,500
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ANTONINIUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued 140-3, (7.2 grams), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right, rev. LIBE RA LITAS, around, in exergue AVG III, Antoninus seated to left, on platform, before him Liberalitas standing holding account board and cornucopiae, citizen facing emperor holding out fold of toga, (S.-, RIC 75, C.485). Very fine and very scarce.
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Estimate $2,500
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