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                        Lot: 364

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV aureus 
                        (7.29 gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). Gold aureus 
                        (7.29 gm). Rome, AD 152-153. IMP CAES T AEL HADR 
                        ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head left / TR POT XV COS 
                        IIII, togate, bare-headed emperor standing left, holding 
                        globe and roll. BMCRE 743A (same obverse die, 
                        illustrated pl. 16, 7 with another reverse type). Strack 
                        235, pl. iii (same obverse die). Cf. Cohen 964 and RIC 
                        213 (different busts). Rare left-facing obverse 
                        portrait, in very high relief. Mint state 

                        Ex Biaggi Collection. 


                        Estimated Value: $ 8,000 




...Sold for $11,000 USD [ approx 8360 EUR, 5830 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).