Just picked up this posthumous issue of Antoninus Pius. It does not fit my focus at all. However, I liked it and so I bought it. The toning is lovely. Please post your coins of A Pius or your posthumous issues. Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Rome, AD 162. 3.21g, 17mm, 7h. Obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right Rev: DIVO PIO, square altar with double doors. RIC 441.
Nice coin. Interesting eyes on the portrait. Antoninus Pius (138 - 161 A.D.) Struck Under Marcus Aurelius O: DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare draped bust right. R: CONSECRATIO, funeral pyre of four tiers with quadriga on top. Rome Mint, 161 - 180 A.D. 18mm 3.2g RIC III M. Aurelius 438
Antoninus Pius, 138 - 161 AD Silver Denarius, 18mm, 3.1 grams Obverse: DIVVS ANTONINVS, Bare head right. Reverse: CONSECRATIO, funeral pyre of four tiers decorated with hangings and garlands. Reference: RIC436 (Aurelius) Provenance: Numismatik Lanz, September 2008, €70
Nice consecration denarii, OP and others No denarius here, but two antoninians of his, minted by Trajan Decius (again, yes...) Antoninus, Pius Antoninianus Rome mint AD 250/251 DIVO PIO Radiate head right CONSECRATIO Large altar 4.00 gr Ref : RIC IV # 90, Cohen # 1189, RCV # 9475 in qblay's catalog : AN71/P152 Antoninus, Pius Antoninianus Rome mint AD 250/251 DIVO PIO Radiate head right CONSECRATIO Eagle facing 4.10 gr Ref : RIC IV # 89, Cohen # 1188, RCV # 9474 in qblay's catalog : AN34/A061 Q
