Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 3508 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $300
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SOLD $680
ANTONINUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), AE as, (9.550 grams), Rome mint, issued A.D. 154-155, obv. laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right, around ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P XVIII, rev. Britannia seated to left on rock, to left shield and sceptre, around BRITTANIA COS IIII, in exergue S C, (S.4266, RIC 934, C.118). Brown patina, attractive very fine/good very fine and rare.
There was further unrest in the mid 150's, the beginning of an unsettled period in the island province which saw the abandonment of the Antonine Wall between Forth and Clyde and the recommissioning of the more southerly Hadrian' Wall.
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ANTONINUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), AE as, (9.550 grams), Rome mint, issued A.D. 154-155, obv. laureate ...
Estimate $300
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