Antoninus Pius AV Aureus. Rome, AD 151-152. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head to right, wearing aegis / TR POT XV COS IIII, Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; PAX in exergue. RIC III 216b; C. 586; BMCRE 745 note; Calicó 1591. 7.24g, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Rare; the finest example offered at auction in over 20 years.
From the Altstetten Collection, kept in the vault of Crédit Suisse Geneva (documentation available upon request) since 26 November 1969.