Watch List notes:

The Roman Empire
Antoninus Pius, 138 – 161. Sestertius, Roma circa 145-161, Æ 24.90 g.

Description: ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P TR P Laureate head r. Rev. COS IIII / S - C Antoninus in slow quadriga l., holding eagle-tipped sceptre.

References: C 320
BMC 1669
RIC 767a
Condition:A splendid portrait and a finely detailed reverse composition. A superb untouched chocolate brown patina and good extremely fine
Provenance: UBS sale 73, 2007, 377
Note: Beginning in 146, when Hill suggests this coin was struck, Antoninus Pius began to celebrate his approaching tenth anniversary of rule (decennalia) with numerous coin types that continued into 147. A broad spectrum of types were used, including those depicting Apollo, Mars, Minerva, Securitas, Spes, Roma and Salus-Fortuna. Foss, however, prefers to see this quadriga type as celebrating Pius' fourth consulate, which he had assumed in the previous year. His argument is strengthened by the fact that Pius' principal heir, the Caesar Marcus Aurelius, who shared that consulship with him, is also shown in a slow quadriga on aurei and sestertii produced in his name.