Watch List notes:

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 21.24 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 147. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate head right / S C low across field, Mars, helmeted, naked but for cloak hanging behind him, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy in left over left shoulder. RIC III 778; Strack 1003δ; Banti 363 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 1706. River patina, reverse double struck, some roughness and flan flaws. EF. Wonderful portrait.


From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 635; Numismatic Fine Arts [XVII] Summer Mail Bid Sale (27 June 1986), lot 838.