Details
LOT 3625
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 139. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left; COS II and S C across fields. RIC III 561; Cohen 561. Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina with chocolate brown highlights. Very rare.(11.42gr, 29mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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