Lot 3458

Description

Antoninus Pius, (A.D. 138-161), posthumous issue, AE sestertius, Rome Mint, struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, issued 162, (26.86 g), obv. DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right of Antoninus Pius, rev. DIVO [PIO] around, column of Antoninus surmounted by statue of the emperor, (S.5199, RIC 1269, C.354); another (24.48 g), Rome mint, issued in 138, obv. bare headed draped bust right, around IMP T AELIVS CAESAR ANTONINVS.., rev. Concordia seated left, holding patera, around .. POT COS, (S.-, RIC -, C.-) (illustrated). The last coin apparently unpublished, otherwise very good; nearly very fine. (2)

Ex Hans Ferdinand Collection, previously from Downie's Classical Coinage No.17 No 257, August 7, 1986; the second coin from Martin Daniel, Sydney Royal Arcade.