Hess-Divo AG > Auction 341 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
Lot number: 84 Price realized: 5,500 CHF (Approx. 6,276 USD / 5,820 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: COINS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. ANTONINUS PIUS, AD 138-161. Sestertius, about 145-161. AE 27.37 g. ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS PP TR P Laureate head r. Rev. C - OS - II - II / S - C Salus, wearing long dress and cloak, standing facing, head turned l., holding large rudder on globe with her l. hand, feeding out of patera in her outstretched r. hand snake coiled round altar. BMC 268, 1658; C. 282; RIC 123, 761. Scarce. Beautiful dark olive patina. Light smoothing in the rev. field. Good extremely fine Provenance: From an old Swiss Collection started in the 19th century. Auction Naville & Cie., Geneva 2 (Lucerne 1922), 802 (collections P. Vautier and M. Collignon). Estimate: 2500 CHF |