Antoninus Pius (A.D.138-161), Aureus, mint of Rome, after A.D.145, 6.6 g., ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. FORTVNA OBSEQVENS, Fortuna standing left holding patera, rudder which rests on prow, and cornucopia, COS IIII in exergue (RIC.139; BMC.541), attractive portrait, about extremely fine and a scarce type

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Antoninus Pius (A.D.138-161), Aureus, mint of Rome, after A.D.145, 6.6 g., ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. FORTVNA OBSEQVENS, Fortuna standing left holding patera, rudder which rests on prow, and cornucopia, COS IIII in exergue (RIC.139; BMC.541), attractive portrait, about extremely fine and a scarce type
Provenance
Frederik S. Knobloch collection, Stack's, New York, 1-3 May 1980, lot 618

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