Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 23.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P •, laureate head right / SYR[IA], S C across field, CO[S II] in exergue, Syria, towered and draped, standing left, holding crown on extended right hand and cornucopia in left; at feet to left, Orontes swimming left. RIC III 590; Strack 797δ; Banti 401; BMCRE 1200. Green and brown patina. Good VF. Very rare, Banti records only one example.
From the William H. Whetstone Collection.