Watch List notes:

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 153-154. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PI VS P P TR P XVII, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS IIII, Antoninus Pius, togate, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and volumen in left. RIC III 233a; Strack 270ζ; Calicó 1526a (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 812 (same obv. die); Biaggi 717; Jameson –; Mazzini 311. Lustrous. Near EF. Portrait of artistic merit.


Ex Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 1529 (hammer $7500); Tkalec (29 February 2008), lot 472.