From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008. Lot # 429. opening bid of US$2500 Antoninus Pius. (138-161 AD). AE as (14.77 gm). Rome, AD 149-150. ANTONINVS AVG—PIVS P P TR P XII, bust laureate right, sligt drapery or aegis on front shoulder MVNIFICENTIA AVG around, COS IIII / S C in two lines in exergue, elephant walking right, with netlike pattern on body, legs, and ear, representing its creased skin. Bust variety of BMCRE 1840, Cohen 565, and RIC 862a. © 2005-2008 Gemini, LLC | Email: info@geminiauction.com Lot 429 was unsold. Gemini Auctions' re-used by the kind permission of: Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com)