Antoninus Pius, Rome mint, 156 AD.,
Denarius (ø 15-16 mm / 3,50 g), silver, axes about medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 340°),
Obv.: ANTONINVS AV[G P]IVS P P IMP II , laureate bust of Antoninus Pius left, fold of cloak on front shoulder.
Rev.: TR [POT X]IX COS IIII , Annona standing left, holding two wheat ears and resting left hand on modius set on prow .
RIC - ( cf. no. 249) ; Strack 292, pl. III (Berlin, same dies) ; BMC 847 note (Ciani List) ; RSC. 983a (a variant of Cohen 983) .
Very rare with portrait left.
Curtis Clay (author of the original description, see Gemini, LLC Auction III, no. 394): "Yours seems to be from the same dies BOTH SIDES as the Berlin example ... All bust left denarii of Pius after c. 140 are indeed very rare. In 138-9 they are rare too, but more obtainable than the later ones.