| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 227 | Auction date: 14 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Antoninus Pius. 40-as; Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 139 AD, As, 10.59g. Strack-795, pl. IX (in Florence, same dies). Obv: ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P Head laureate r. Rx: SC[Y] - [T]HIA on l. and r., COS II in exergue, S - C across field, Scythia standing l. holding crown and sword. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex AAH, eBay, 12 Feb. 2006. One of the rarest of the "Crown" series of bronze coins struck by Antoninus Pius in 139 AD. The standard catalogues have reported just three such SCYTHIA coins, namely a sestertius in the BM, BMC pl. 27.2; an As in Florence, illustrated by Strack pl. IX, 795; and an As in Oxford which is mentioned but not illustrated in BMC, p. 191. Ours is apparently only the fourth known coin of the type, and shares both of its dies with the As in Florence that is illustrated by Strack.. VF Estimate: 375 USD |  |
