Antoninus Pius. 40-as

Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 140-4 AD, As, 11.56g. Strack-890 (As in Bologna only), pl. XI (same rev. die). Obv: ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P Head laureate l. Rx: TR POT - COS III on l. and r., S C in exergue, Juno seated l. holding the Three Graces and a transverse scepter. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Solidus, eBay, 9 Jan. 2013. This is a very rare type, known to Strack from only a single As in Bologna, which is from the same reverse die as our coin, but coupled with the commoner head right portrait on the obverse.. VF