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Lot # 458
Antoninus Pius (138-161). AE Sestertius, Rome mint, c.145-160. Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P. Laureate head right. Rev. COS II[I]I SC. Antoninus Pius standing left, wearing military dress, paludamentum and a radiate nimbus, holding laurel branch and spear. RIC III 765; C. 318. AE. 25.74 g. 31.00 mm. R. A very attractive example, from masterly engraved dies, with a superb portrait. Lovely dark green patina. About EF.