Antoninus Pius. Dupondius

Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, Dupondius, 13.42g, 138 AD. Cf. Strack-741 (sestertius only). Obv: IMP CAES AELIVS - ANTONINVS AVG Head bare r. Rx: PIE - TAS and S - C across field, [TR]IB POT - COS - DES II on l. and r., Pietas standing l. before altar, extending r. hand and holding incense box in l. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; acquired from Hixenbaugh, July 2006. Earlier in the Tony Hardy Collection, Triton VIII, 12 Jan. 2005, part lot 2052. Very rare; Strack-741 records only two corresponding sestertii, in the Berlin and Paris collections.. gVF