Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 151-152. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XV •, laureate head left / COS IIII, Antoninus Pius, togate, standing left, holding globe in extended right hand and volumen in left. RIC III 206; Strack 2451/δ; Calicó 1518; BMCRE 772; Biaggi 713; Mazzini 305; Triton XX, lot 743 (same obv. die). Underlying luster. Choice VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 9 (16 July 2003), lot 618.