Antoninus Pius. Dupondius

Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 140-4 AD, Dupondius, 12.58g. Strack-834 (citing Berlin and Paris). Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS - P P TR P COS III Head radiate l. Rx: GENI - O - SE - NATVS on l. and r., S - C across lower field, Genius of the Senate standing r., head l., weight on l. leg, holding branch and eagle-tipped scepter. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CNG E313, 23 October 2013, lot 263. Rare as a dupondius with portrait left. Note the differing pose of the Genius of the Senate: weight on left leg on our coin, but weight on right leg on the Berlin specimen illustrated by Strack.. gVF