Watch List notes:

Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Rome, AD 139. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to left / TR P COS II, aspergillum, jug, lituus and simpulum. RIC III 55; BMCRE 123. 3.47g, 18mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine; attractively toned. Exceedingly Rare with this bust type; only one specimen cited by OCRE, seemingly just the second example to come to auction in past twenty years.

From the collection of a Romanophile;
Acquired from Andy Barratt (Malmesbury).