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LOT 3367
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 156-157. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head to right / TR POT XX COS IIII, Securitas seated to left, holding sceptre, on chair formed of two cornucopiae; S C across field. RIC III 967; BMCRE 2016. Near Extremely Fine.(25.02gr, 33mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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