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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius, As, Rome, 147-8, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, antoninvs avg pivs p p tr p xi, rev. primi decennales cos iiii s c in five lines within oak wreath, 13.76g (RIC 853c; BMC 1817; C 675; Sear 4310). On a large flan, about extremely fine, dark patina, an unusually fine specimen £300-400
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Provenance: P. Vautier Collection, Naville Auction II (Lucerne), 12-14 June 1922, lot 825; H.C. Levis Collection, Naville Auction XI (Lucerne), 18-20 June 1925, lot 575; E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 158.
This reverse, commemorating the emperor's first decade in power, is the main type for the year
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius, As, Rome, 147-8, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, antoninvs avg pivs p p tr p xi, rev. primi decennales cos iiii s c in five lines within oak wreath, 13.76g (RIC 853c; BMC 1817; C 675; Sear 4310). On a large flan, about extremely fine, dark patina, an unusually fine specimen £300-400
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Provenance: P. Vautier Collection, Naville Auction II (Lucerne), 12-14 June 1922, lot 825; H.C. Levis Collection, Naville Auction XI (Lucerne), 18-20 June 1925, lot 575; E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 158.
This reverse, commemorating the emperor's first decade in power, is the main type for the year