Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 3481 Session 12 (11.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $120
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SOLD $200
ANTONINIUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 141, (3.282 grams), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, bare head to right, rev. GENIVS POP ROMANI, Genius of the Roman People standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and cornucopiae, (S.4085, RIC 70, BMC 207, RSC 405). Good very fine, bright and scarce.
In the Reka Devnia Hoard of 81,044 coins, some 7734 were of Antoninus Pius and only 48 were of this type.
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