Gemini XIII

181.

Divus Antoninus Pius.

Sestertius, 28.08g (12h).

Rome, after death in March 161 AD. Obv: DIVVS

- ANTONINVS Head bare right. Rx: CONSE -

CRATIO S - C Pyre in four tiers decorated with

garlands and statues, door in second tier, emperor

in facing quadriga on top. BMC 873. Cohen 165 (6

Fr.). RIC 1266. Choice EF

$1,000

182.

Antoninus Pius.

138-161 AD. Drachm, 24.10g

(12h). Alexandria, Egypt, Year 4 = 140/1 AD.

Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ - ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟC EYC -

EB Head laureate right. Rx: L TE - T - APTOY

Ares standing left holding spear and parazonium.

Cologne 1336 (same rev. die). Dattari/Savio pl. 119,

2458 bis. Oxford 1681a. About EF

$850

FDC

183.

Lucius Verus.

161-169 AD. Aureus, 7.35g

(7h). Rome, 164 AD. Obv: L VERVS AVG -

ARMENIACVS Head bare right. Rx: REX ARMEN

/ DAT in two lines in exergue, TR P IIII - IMP

II COS II around, Verus seated left on camp seat

on platform, extending right hand to crown the

Armenian King Sohaemus, who stands left before

the platform, raising his right hand to his head to

accept the diadem; behind Verus on the platform,

an officer standing left, and in front of him, lic-

tor standing left holding fasces. Calicó 2154 (same

dies). RIC 512 (R2). Cohen 158 (100 Fr.). Cf. BM

300 (there lictor standing right). FDC

$30,000

Ex Peus 417, 2 November 2016, lot 360. According

to Peus this coin derives from the Gertrudenstrasse,

Cologne hoard of 1909, and was acquired by its

previous owner from P. Kalenberg in 1927

184.

Aureus, 7.29g (5h). Rome, 164 AD. Obv: L VERVS

AVG - ARMENIACVS Bust laureate, draped, cui-

rassed right. Rx: TR P IIII - IMP II COS II Victory

standing right, naked to waist, placing left foot on

helmet, holding writing instrument in right hand;

beside her palm tree bearing shield inscribed VIC

/ AVG, which Victory steadies with her left hand.

BMC 296 note and RIC 525, both citing Montagu

425 (same dies as ours). Calicó 2177 (same dies).

Bust variety of Cohen 247 (45 Fr.). Mint State

$12,500

Ex Triton V, 15-16 January 2002, lot 1998 (Jürgen

K. Schmidt Collection). Ex Gorny 67, 2 May 1994,

lot 552

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