Lot 2559
Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Gold Aureus (7.25 g) minted at Rome, AD 151-152. Laureate head left of Antoninus Pius. Reverse: Antoninus Pius standing to left holding globe. RIC 206; C. 305. High relief obverse portrait of the finest style and modeling, clearly from the hands of a master celator. Hairlined in obverse left field; a tiny mark on edge around 7 o'clock. Beautifully centered and struck; lustrous. Superb Extremely Fine.
A hairline is properly a very light scratch which, when held at a certain angle to the light, completely disappears.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000.
Ex Bank Leu Sale 13, 1975, lot 441 (sold 18,000 CHF).
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