Antoninus Pius. 40-as

Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 156 AD, As, 11.76g. Strack-1127 (citing 1 spec., in Rome). Obv: ANTONINVS AVG - [PIVS P P] IMP II Bust laureate r., with fold of aegis on front shoulder. Rx: TR POT / XIX / COS IIII / S C in 4 lines within wreath of wheat ears. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CNG E139, 10 May 2006, lot 315. Rome apparently has an As like ours with fold of aegis on portrait, which is however misreported as a sestertius by BMC-2003 note; for according to Strack-1127 Rome has an As of this type, but no sestertius. The wreath on the reverse in this type is clearly composed of wheat ears, not of laurel or oak leaves as stated by Cohen-998, Strack-1127, and BMC-2002.. MS