Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2016 NYINC Auction 12-13 January 2016
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ANTONINUS PIUS, A.D. 138-161. AE Sestertius (28.01 gms), Rome Mint, A.D. 139. NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5.
RIC-545A. "ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P" Laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right; Reverse: "TR POT COS II" Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, "S - C" at either side. VERY RARE, RIC notes a single specimen from the Steger-Helouan sale of 1918 (incorrectly dated 1913 in RIC), with which this coin shares dies. Some porosity, more so on the reverse than on the obverse. Well centered and struck. Brown patina. NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5.
From the Syracuse Collection, Part III.
Estimate: $350.00- $500.00
RIC-545A. "ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P" Laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right; Reverse: "TR POT COS II" Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, "S - C" at either side. VERY RARE, RIC notes a single specimen from the Steger-Helouan sale of 1918 (incorrectly dated 1913 in RIC), with which this coin shares dies. Some porosity, more so on the reverse than on the obverse. Well centered and struck. Brown patina. NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5.
From the Syracuse Collection, Part III.
Estimate: $350.00- $500.00