Roman Empire. Antoninus Pius augustus, 138 – 161.
Aureus 140-143, AV 7.12 g. ANTONINVS AVG – PIVS P P TR P COS III Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. GENIVS – POP ROMANI Genius standing facing, head r., holding sceptre in r. hand and cornucopia in l. C –, cf. 405-407 (for reverse type). BMC –. RIC 70 var. (laureate head l.). Calicó –, cf. 1541-1542 (for reverse type).
An apparently unrecorded variety of an extremely rare type.
About extremely fine / extremely fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics 9, 2015, 707; NAC 102, 2017, 517 and NAC 117, 2019, 288 sales. From the collection of a Retired Banker.