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                        Lot: 615

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                        ROMAN IMPERIAL: Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV aureus 
                        (6.92 gm).

                        ROMAN IMPERIAL. Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). Gold aureus 
                        (6.92 gm). Rome, AD 140-144. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, 
                        bust laureate, draped right / TR POT COS III, emperor as 
                        Romulus advancing right, holding spear with points at 
                        both ends and trophy over shoulder. BMCRE 238 note. 
                        Strack 71 (this variant in Paris and Vienna). Bust 
                        variant of Cohen 910 (50 Fr.) and RIC 90 (S). Rare. From 
                        the same dies as M�nzhandlung Basel 3 (Prince Waldeck, 
                        1935), lot 482, the specimen cited in BMCRE 238 note. 
                        About very fine 

                        Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acquired in 1975 through 
                        the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoe Wilbour. 

                        Strack, Antoninus Pius, p. 71, notes that this reverse 
                        type, when it occurs on sestertii, is labeled ROMVLO 
                        AVGVSTO, "To the Augustan Romulus." It may be 
                        interpreted as showing Pius as refounder of Rome and of 
                        Roman religion and morality, following in the footsteps 
                        of Augustus, who had also wanted the name Romulus. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 700 




...Sold for $1,300 USD [ approx 988 EUR, 689 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).