Watch List notes:

Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 35 mm, 25.14 g, 12 h), Rome, 140-144. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III Laureate and draped bust of Antoninus Pius to right, seen from behind. Rev. ANNONA AVG / S - C Annona standing front, head to right, holding grain-ears over modius in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; to right behind her, the prow of a ship. BMC 1228. Cohen 37. RIC 597. With a lovely portrait and a superb apple-green patina. Minor scrape on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


Ex Gorny & Mosch 195, 7 March 2011, 441.