Antoninus Pius, as Augustus (AD 138-161). AV aureus (20mm, 7.15 gm, 5h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Rome, AD 151. IMP CAES T AEL HADR-ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right / TR POT XIIII-COS IIII, Pax standing facing, head left, olive branch downward in outstretched right hand, scepter in left; PAX in exergue. Calicó 1590. RIC III 200c. Sharply struck on lustrous flan with a hint of reddish toning. Ex Altstetten Collection, kept in the vault of Crédit Suisse Geneva since 26 November 1969 (Roma Numismatics, Auction XXII, 7 October 2021), lot 792 The reverse figure of Pax (Peace) holding an olive branch perfectly characterizes the reign of this wise, just and clement emperor, whose era witnessed the peak of the Pax Romana.

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