Lot 53-190. Antoninus Pius. A.D. 138-161. AE as. Rome mint, struck A.D. 154-155. Scarce. Ex Dr. Kenneth Jacobs collection.

Antoninus Pius. A.D. 138-161. AE as (25.7 mm, 11.05 g, 7 h). Rome mint, struck A.D. 154-155. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head right / BRITANNIA COS IIII, Brittania seated left on rocks, sheild and vexillum to left. RIC 934; BMCRE 1971. Fine. Scarce. 

Ex Dr. Kenneth Jacobs collection. 

Ex Dr. Kenneth Jacobs Coll., and this comes with his handwritten cabinet tag. On the tag, he writes that this coin was "probably struck in Britain from dies made in Rome, A.D. 154-155." There is a further note alluding to Seaby's and to a 1966 article in the Numismatic Chronicle.

 

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$  100.00

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$ 60.00 (1 bid(s))
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