Antoninus Pius AV Aureus. Rome, AD 140-143. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head left / LIBERALITAS AVG II, emperor seated to left on curule bench set on platform, extending right hand toward citizen standing right, who holds out fold of toga to receive distributions from Liberalitas standing left, pouring coins from cornucopiae. RIC III 74d; C. -; BMCRE 216 note; Calicó 1561. 7.08g, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine; lustrous metal. Very Rare; one of only three examples on CoinArchives with a left facing bust.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 1161;
Privately purchased from Numismatica Fiorentina.