Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 551Auction date: 29 November 2023
Lot number: 473

Price realized: 180 USD   (Approx. 165 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 28.67 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 145-147. Laureate head right / Antoninus Pius driving slow quadriga left, extending hand and holding eagle-tipped scepter. RIC III 767a; Banti 120. Brown patina, porous, rough surfaces on reverse, areas of light smoothing, flan crack. Near VF. Struck on a medallic flan.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558Auction date: 20 March 2024
Lot number: 607

Price realized: 650 USD   (Approx. 599 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.98 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 145-147. Laureate head right / Antoninus seated left on sella castrensis on raised daïs, extending hand; to left, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia; to right, the prefect of the praetorium standing left; below, a citizen standing right, extending hand. RIC III 774; Banti 211. Dark green patina, areas of smoothing, tooling. Near EF.

Ex BLS Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 476, 9 September 2020), lot 416.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 556Auction date: 21 February 2024
Lot number: 533

Price realized: 200 USD   (Approx. 186 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 27.44 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 147. Laureate head right / Salus standing left, feeding from patera a serpent coiled around and rising from altar to left, holding rudder on globe. RIC III 784; Banti 349. Dark green and brown patina, smoothing. Good VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 470 (17 June 2020), lot 311.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 6159

Price realized: 900 USD   (Approx. 827 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 25.06 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 145-147. Laureate head right / Antoninus Pius standing left in ornamented car, driving slow quadriga left, extending hand and holding eagle-tipped scepter. RIC III 767a; Banti 120. Brown-gray patina, smoothing, tooled. Good VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 1031.


Estimate: 500 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 551Auction date: 29 November 2023
Lot number: 474

Price realized: 225 USD   (Approx. 206 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 22.40 g, 10h). Rome mint. Struck AD 145-147. Laureate head right / COS II II, PAX AVG across field, S C in exergue, Pax standing left, setting fire to heap of arms at her feet to left and holding cornucopia. RIC III 777; Banti 264; BMCRE 1703. Dark brown patina, some red, hairline flan crack, die break on reverse. Good VF.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 562

Price realized: 110 USD   (Approx. 103 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.42 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 145-147. Laureate head right / Pax standing left, setting fire to pile of arms with torch and holding cornucopia. RIC III 777; Banti 263. Dark green patina, bare metal on the high points, a few scratches, light corrosion on reverse, edge test cut. VF.

From the Wayne Scheible Collection.


Estimate: 100 USD