Description
Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161).
Gold Aureus, mint of Rome, c. AD 159-160.
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XXIII, laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right.
Reverse: PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Pietas, draped and standing left, holding globe on right hand and child on left arm. Two children either side.
Extremely Fine with toned lustre.
(RIC 302a; Strack 848; Calico 1602 (same coin as illustration); BMC 984; Biaggi 748 (this coin)).
7.29g.
Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection (NAC 49, 21/10/2008), Lot #255.
Purchased from Cahn in 1950.
