Details
LOT 3125
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint; struck AD 145-161. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left, holding Victory on extended right hand and transverse spear with left, resting left elbow on shield set on prow to right; S C across fields. RIC III 780; Cohen 753; Banti 365. Near Very Fine.(26.55gr, 32mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Found Braintree, Essex, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-9F4E7F.
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