Watch List notes:

Ancients
Antoninus Pius, as Augustus (AD 138-161). AV aureus (20mm, 6.67 gm, 12h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Rome, AD 147. ANTONINVS AVG-PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate bust of Antoninus Pius right, seen from behind / No legend, Roma seated left, helmeted, shield decorated with gorgoneion and central pellet at her side, spear in right hand, palladium facing in outstretched right hand. Calicó 1455. RIC III 159c. A flawless specimen of this elegant type, struck from dies of fine style on a highly lustrous flan. By far the best preserved and attractive of the five examples in sales archives.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 111 (29 May 2019), lot 704

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