Spectacular Temporum Felicitas Sestertius
Antoninus Pius (138-161). AE Sestertius, 149 AD. Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII. Laureate head right. Rev. TEMPORVM FELICITAS COS IIII SC. Crossed cornucopiae from which a grape bunch flanked by two grain ears hang, surmounted by busts of two boys, vis-à-vis. RIC III 857. 22.33 g. 31.00 mm. R. Sharp detailed and solid green patina; a superb example. Virtually as struck. Good EF.