ANTONINUS PIUS GOLD AUREUS – SUPERB COS IIII ISSUE WITH AEQUITAS EX HOLMES COLLECTION FROM 1960 – CHOICE AU NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN OF THE GOOD EMPERORS (Inv. 18300)

$17,000.00

ROMAN EMPIRE. ANTONINUS PIUS, AD 138-161.
Gold aureus, 7.37 g, 20 mm. Issue of Rome, AD 148-149.
Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XII, laureate head of Antoninus right. Rev. COS IIII, Aequitas standing left, holding scale and cornucopia.
RIC III, 177d; Calicó, 1502a; Adda, 177.
Ex Salton Collection; Milton A. Holmes Collection, Stack’s 10/5/1960, lot 108.
NGC graded CHOICE AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, exceptionally well struck with perfect centering and an elegant portrait of Antoninus; Stack’s provenance noted on label.

Published: Vilmar Fixed Price List IV, no. 121.