Ancient Coins and Numismatic Books

Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Aureus, Rome, c. 145, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate bust right, rev. LIB iIII, Emperor seated left on platform, Liberalitas standing next to him and pouring coins out of cornucopiæ into outstretched toga of citizen, standing right, 7.31g/6h (RIC 140c; BMC 542; Calicó 1568, this coin). Extremely fine and sharply struck, rare
£9,000-12,000

Provenance:
Numismatic Fine Arts Auction XXII (Beverly Hills), 1 June 1989, lot 62
Classical Numismatic Auction XVI, 16 August 1991, lot 472.

The marriage of Marcus to Faustina in 145 was the occasion for public vows, the award of the corona civica and a fourth donativa