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Auction 114  6-7 May 2019
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Lot 1563

Estimate: 3500 CHF
Price realized: 3250 CHF
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The Roman Empire

Antoninus Pius augustus, 138 – 161. Sestertius 145-161, Æ 22.89 g. Laureate head r. Rev. Antoninus in slow quadriga l. holding eagle-tipped sceptre. C 320. RIC 767a. M.M. Bendenoun, Coins of the Ancient World. A portrait of the JDL colletion, 63 (this coin).
Rare. A very interesting portrait and a finely executed reverse composition.
Brown-green patina and extremely fine
Ex Sternberg 10, 1980, 392; NAC-Tradart 74, 2013, JDL part I, 309 and NAC 100, 2017, 496 sales. From the duplicates of the British Museum and the collection of Hans Berquin.

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