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LOT 3368

Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 140-144. Rome mint.

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / ANNONA AVG, Annona standing facing, head to right, holding cornucopiae and grain-ears over modius; prow of ship in background; S C across fields. RIC III 597; C. 34; BMCRE 1226. Near Very Fine.(27.69gr, 33mm, 12h.).

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

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LOT 3368

Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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