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LOT 3365
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 145-146. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, laureate head to right / [COS] III[I?], Salus standing to left, feeding snake coiled round altar and holding rudder upright; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 761. Very Fine. Repatinated.(21.94gr, 30mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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