Lot 3647

Description

Antoninius Pius, (A.D. 138-161), silver denarii, Rome mint, issued 148, (3.162 grams), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XI, laureate head to right, rev. COS IIII, Salus standing left holding rudder and feeding a serpent entwined around altar, (cf.S.4075, RIC 167, RSC 280); another Rome mint, issued A.D. 153, (3.148 grams), obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, laureate head to right, rev. COS IIII, Annona standing to left holding two corn-ears and resting left hand on modius, set on prow, (cf.S.4068, RIC 221, BMC 786, RSC 290) (illustrated). Second toned, both very fine. (2)