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, 157 AD, As, 8.64g. Cf. Strack-1132 (a bust left sestertius). Obv: ANTONINVS AV[G] - [PIVS P P IMP II] Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed l. Rx: TR POT XX - [COS IIII] on l. and r., S - C across field, Providentia standing l., extending r. arm over globe at her feet and holding scepter with l. hand. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. According to Strack Vienna possesses only one TR POT XX Providentia bronze coin of Antoninus with a left-facing portrait, but it is a sestertius not an As. Perhaps an error of Strack's, the Vienna coin actually being an As like ours?Flatly struck. VF Estimate: 100 USD |