Antoninus Pius. 40-as

Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 140-4 AD, As, 9.61g. BMC-1378 note. Obv: ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P Head laureate l. Rx: TR POT - COS III on l. and r., S - C across field, Spes advancing l., holding flower and raising skirt. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. Rare with portrait left; Strack-892 found specimens only in Rome and Bologna, while Cohen-901 cites this variety without naming his source.. VF