£1,250
About Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed, otherwise attractive with an eye-catching brown patina | ROMAN EMPIRE. Antoninus Pius.
Bronze sestertius, AD 148-149. Rome.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head right. Rev: TEMPORVM FELICITAS, crossed cornucopiae surmounted by busts of two boys; S-C across fields, COS IIII in exergue.
About Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed, otherwise attractive with an eye-catching brown patina.
Reference: RIC III-857; BMCRE-1827; CNG Triton XXV, lot 915 (hammer: USD 1,400)
Rarity: Very Rare with this bust type; just the 4th example to come to auction in the past 5 years.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., February 2019.
Die Axis: 12h.
Diameter: 31 mm.
Weight: 24.20 g.
Composition: Bronze.
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