Lets see some Pius

Lets see you coins of Antoninus Pius. One of my favorite to collect.



Antoninus Pius AE Dupondius. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, radiate head right / COS IIII S-C, Salus standing left feeding snake arising from altar to left & holding rudder to right.
Cohen 279 B.M.C. 1732 RIC 798, sear5 #4269 26mm 139 A.D.



Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. 157-158 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right / TR POT XXI COS IIII, S-C in ex, Roma seated left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory and parazonium; shield behind. RIC III 979a Strack 1147 Banti 490 BMC 2036 . 27.7 g


Antoninus Pius Denarius 143 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate draped bust right / IMPERATOR II, Victory standing front, head left, holding wreath and palm. RSC 438. RIC 111(c or e)18mm 3.86 g

 

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Antoninus is my favorite emperor and I recently had three aurei of him at the same time but felt I was showing my bias so I sold off my lesser two, leaving this:

 

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XIIII, laureate head right; reverse COS IIII, Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopia.
RIC III 194, RSC II 265, BMCRE IV 719-20, Scarce , Rome mint 150-151 A.D.


Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right / TR POT XIX COS IIII, Annona standing left with corn ears & modius set on prow. RSC 983 RIC 249


Antoninus Pius AE As . 155-156 AD. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right / TR POT XIIII COS IIII S-C, ANNONA AVG in ex. Annona seated left, holding corn ears & cornucopiae, modius to left. Cohen 49. RIC 880


Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. 142 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / CONCORDIA EX-ERCITVVM S-C, Concordia standing left, holding Victory & and legionary standard. Cohen 139. RIC 600, Cohen 139, BMC 1232

 

You can never have to many aurei

 

Damn I want that coin...


Here is my only one of him.

 

I have the same type Pius as you Randy but slightly different on the reverse legend. But Definitely not the same quality. It is another one of my favourites even though it isn't the most detailed. It was also my first denarius! This is one of those coins I feel like I 'stole' at $12

 

Here are my entrants:

 

Here are three of my Pius babies ...

Sestertius (Salus with rudder)



Sestertius (Tiber beside ship)



Drachm (Nilus with genius emerging from cornucopea, croc below)




... man, these coins are kinda like warm, cozy slippers

 

AP & Ceres

 

Antoninus Pius Denarius
Obv: IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS, bare head right
Rev: AVG PIVS P M TR P COS II P P, Modius with corn ears.
Minted in Rome. A.D. 139
Reference:– BMC 79 (4 corn ears and poppy, L. A. Lawrence). RIC III 40 (corn ears and poppy). RSC 103.

This coin doesn't show the poppy as per the BMC/RIC examples

 

He was a handsome guy. This link depicts a sculpted bust of Antoninus Pius located in Munich:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antoninus_Pius_Glyptothek_Munich_337_cropped.jpg

I have no coins depicting Antoninus Pius. I recently posted my new coin depicting his wife (Faustina the elder). They apparently made a handsome couple.

 

Artisans had to be kind to their royal customers, otherwise its the gladiator arena for them.

 

Here's one that no one else will have:

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ROME. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161.
PB Tessera (22mm, 5.09 g, 11 h)
The Lighthouse of Portus
ANT
Rostowzew 64, fig. 2; Kircheriano 66
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The Lighthouse of Portus was restored during the reign of Antoninus Pius. This tessera was likely distributed during the ceremony. ​

 

WOW Ardman. Beautiful

 

Thanks! I estimate there are less than five known specimens.

 

How many are published?

 

I love pieces with historical significance like this one. Wow again.

 

Two published, one in a museum in Rome and the other from the Trau collection, now in a private collection. And then mine, which appears to be an unlisted specimen, but should come from an old collection in Munich. The dealer I got it from said it *may* have been deaccessioned from the Staatliche Münzsammlung in Munich, but I find that hard to believe.

 

You never know. I guess it depends on how he say "may"

 

Man, that must certainly be one of the benefits of working at the ol' coin-shop, eh?!!

=> it's a bit like going to a garage sale on Friday night, rather than Saturday morning with the rest of the hoard!!



that's a fantastic pick-up!!


*rats* ... all I get at my job is a few cool ore samples!!