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ID:     76001469
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Antoninus Pius
Date Ruled:     AD 138-161
Metal:     Orichalcum
Denomination:     Sestertius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 138 as Caesar
Weight:     24.89 g
Die Axis:     5 h
Obverse Legend:     IMP T AELIVS CAE_SAR ANTONINVS
Obverse Description:     Bare head right
Reverse Legend:     TRIB_POT COS / PIETAS / S - C
Reverse Description:     Pietas standing left, by altar, raising right hand, and holding box of perfumes in left
Exergue:     PIETAS
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC II 1083(a) (Hadrian)
Reference2:     Banti 270
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=109144
Grade:     Good VF, olive blue-green patina, brown flecks
Notes:     Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1469 Artistic early portrait From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Friedrich Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 2 April 1995), lot 1379.