Antoninus Pius (138-161). Fourrée hybrid Denarius, 140-143 AD. D/ ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III. Bare head right. R/ TR POT COS III. Italia, towered, seated left on globe, holding cornucopiae and sceptre; in exergue, ITALIA. RIC -; cf. RIC 73 (for obv.) and RIC 98c (for rev.). AR/AE. g. 2.76 mm. 17.00 RRR. A very interesting and apparently unpublished example. Some minor breaks in the plating, otherwise superb. EF.