Antoninus Pius, Gold Aureus, Rome, MS 5/5, 3/5 citing the caliph without heir

citing the caliph without heir

initials of engraver J Edgar Boehm

Fellowes Medal

+PILLELM RI

harp to right with 10 strings

Antoninus Pius, Gold Aureus, Rome, MS 5/5, 3/5 citing the caliph without heirAntoninus Pius (A. D. 138 161), 22 carat Gold Aureus, Mint of Rome, Struck AD 148 149. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate and draped bust right, rev. COS IIII, Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left, 7. 27g., 6h (RIC III 177f; Calic 1505c (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 704, Cohen 235). Beautifully toned, with a high relief portrait and virtually as struck, in NGC holder MS, Strike 5 5 Surface 3 5,