Watch List notes:

ANTONINUS PIUS, (A.D. 138-161), AE sestertius, (24.79 g), Rome Mint, issued A.D. 139, obv. laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right, around ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, rev. Syria with turreted head-dress standing left, holding crown and cornucopiae, river god Orontes swimming at feet, S C across field, (S.4234, RIC 590, C.794). Deep brown patina, has been tooled and smoothed, very fine/good very fine and an extremely rare type.

Ex Dr V.J.A. Flynn Collection. This is an extremely rare issue of Pius and Banti records only one example.