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LOT 2879
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint; struck AD 140. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / TIBERIS, Tiber reclining to left, leaning on urn which pours out water, resting right hand on prow and holding reed; S C in exergue. RIC III 642a; Cohen 819; BMCRE 1313. Near Very Fine.(28.04gr, 33 mm, 7h.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
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