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Lot number: 52

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Antoninus Pius. Denarius; Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 158 AD, Denarius, 3.14g. Strack-323 (1 spec., in Sofia). Obv: ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS [P P IMP II] Head laureate r. Rx: TR POT - XXI - COS II Annona standing l., holding two wheat ears over modius before her and a rudder and cornucopia behind her. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Ancient Auction House, eBay, 4 Dec. 2004. A rare variant; usually Annona holds a rudder resting on a prow in her left arm, not a rudder reaching to the ground and a cornucopia above the rudder, as on our coin.. EF

Estimate: 225 USD