| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3114 | Auction date: 16 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 33260 Price realized: 3,400 USD (Approx. 3,123 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients Antoninus Pius, as Augustus (AD 138-161). AV aureus (20mm, 7.20 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Rome, AD 140-143. ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III, laureate head of Antoninus Pius left / LIBERALITAS / AVG II, Antoninus Pius seated left on curule bench set on platform, extending right hand toward citizen standing right, who holds out fold of toga to receive distributions from Liberalitas standing left, pouring coins from cornucopia. Calicó 1561. RIC III 74d. Excellent strike, especially on the obverse, with bold details and a dynamic reverse scene of historical import. From Bob Klein History of Money Collection. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3064 (20 April 2018), lot 30305. Though famously frugal, Antoninus Pius was not above maintaining his popularity by regular cash disbursements to the Roman populace (congiaria), personified by the goddess Liberalitas, who is shown here helping the emperor to hand out coins to deserving citizens. A congiarium is recorded at the outset of his reign and at least two more occurred in the period AD 140-143, in which this aureus was struck. Tiberius is recorded to have given the first Imperial cash distribution, of 300 sesterces; Nero later upped the amount to 400, an amount which could have been given in the form of four gold aurei or 100 silver denarii. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-antoninus-pius-as-augustus-ad-138-161-av-aureus-20mm-720-gm-6h-ngc-choice-vf-5-5-3-5-edge-marks/a/3114-33260.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3114-01162024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
