From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.



                  Lot # 427 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$8500 / Price 
                  Realized: US$6000 
                  Antoninus Pius. Gold aureus 



             



            Antoninus Pius. (138-161 AD). Gold aureus (6.73 gm). Rome, 154 AD. 
            ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII, head laureate left / COS IIII, 
            togate, bare-headed emperor standing left, holding globe and roll. 
            BMCRE 815. RIC 233e. Cohen 314 (40 Fr.). Calico 1530 (same dies). 
            The same obverse die was also used with the reverse LIBERALITAS VII 
            COS IIII, lictor standing left holding coin counter and fasces, 
            BMCRE 820, pl. 17.8. Beautifully detailed portrait of emperor. Some 
            microscopic graffiti on reverse. Mint state. 




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