Gemini V Auction, Closed January 6, 2009.
Lot# 848 Estimate: US$400 

Antoninus Pius sestertius protocontorniate). Orichalcum, 28 mm (23.90 gm). Rome, 140-144 AD. 

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P COS III, laureate, draped bust right
[VIC]TORIA [AVG S C] in ex., Victory holding whip and the reins in quadriga of horses leaping right. 

BMCRE 1328. Strack 906, pl. XI (same dies). RIC 654 corr. 

A rare variant (obverse legend, without TR P, and rev.
type, showing Victory with a whip in her right hand, instead of the reins with both hands. 

Lot 848 sold for $725 [ $833.75, or approx 616.975 EUR, 566.95 GBP  

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