A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Divus Antoninus Pius, Sestertius, Rome, 161 or later, bust right, divvs antoninvs, rev. consecratio, pyre of four tiers decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga, s c in field, 30.96g (RIC Marcus Aurelius 1266; C 165; Sear 5197). Extremely fine, subdued green-brown patina £700-900
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Provenance: Ars Classica Auction XVI (Lucerne), 3 July 1933, lot 1696; bt Seaby February 1934