| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 227 | Auction date: 14 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Antoninus Pius. Sestertius; Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 151-2 AD, Sestertius, 28.86g. Cf. BM-1872. Obv: IMP CAES T AEL ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P Head laureate r. Rx: ROMA in exergue, TR POT XIIII - COS IIII on l. and r., S - C across field, Roma seated l. holding spear pointing upwards, while her l. arm holds a parazonium and rests on a round shield and a prow. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Lanz 128, 22 May 2006, lot 453. Apparently unique and the earliest known bronze coin of this issue, because it adds only T AEL to Antoninus' obverse legend, not yet T AEL HADR. The occasion for restoring these names of Hadrian's to Antoninus' coinage in 151-2 AD was probably that Antoninus finished constructing his temple of Divus Hadrian and Diva Sabina at that time, so added a reverse type showing the temple on his sestertii, usually with the appropriate legend PIETAS (see our next lot), and also added to his obverse legend first just T AEL, then T AEL HADR in a much larger and longer issue.Head of Roma flatly struck. EF Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
