A Few bronzes Of Antoninus Pius

A sestertius of Antonius Pius which I have not posted before:

ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius. Struck 151-152 AD.
Obv: Laureate head right
Obv: Antoninus togate seated left on curule chair, holding globe and roll, being crowned by Victory flying left behind him.

RIC III 889; BMCRE 1887.

A massive coin!

 

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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As . Rome mint. Struck AD 157-158.
Obv: Laureate head right
Rev: Figure standing on cippus within distyle temple.
RIC III 995.

 

That first one is really interesting, Eduard. I've never seen one of those before.

 

Both nice coins.

 

Thank you.

zumbly, you are right, it's a reverse I was not familiar with and that is what attracted me to it.

Here is an as of Antoninus Pius which I had wanted for quite a while:
Mars descending upon Rhea Sylvia. Bit rough on obverse but nice reverse.

(zumbly, I believe you have one?)

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 140.
Obv: Laureate head right
Rev: Mars, holding spear and shield, descending right through the air to the sleeping Rhea Silvia.

RIC III 694a.

 

Fabulous coin! I'm jealous of you and of Zumbly for having these and need to get one of my own someday

 

Thank you, TIF. I was very glad to find this coin! A really endearing reverse motif.

I shall keep my eyes open for you.

 

To complete the A.P parade, here are two asse bearing portraits of both Antonius Pius and Marcus Aurelius as caesar.

ANTONINUS PIUS & MARCUS AURELIUS, as Caesar. 138-161 AD. Æ As. Struck 141 AD.
Obv: Laureate head of Pius right
Rev: Bare-headed, and draped bust of Aurelius right.

RIC III 1223 (Pius); BMCRE 1222; Cohen 35. Good VF from the standpoint of wear, dark green and brown patina, rough surfaces.
From the Rudolf Berk Collection.




Oh, and please post any of your coin of Antonius Pius you may want to show!

 

Wow, that looks great! I particularly like the reverse where the dark patina of the field contrasts with the coppery high points of the devices.

Here's mine, which I've struggled many times to get a decent picture of. The seller pics flatter it better, but these are the ones I took most recently...

 

very attractive coins here, if not for Hadrian i would probably collect him

 

Wow @Eduard very cool stuff
That Mars/Rhea Silvia both you and @zumbly have is simply fabulous. As I am, you would find me a bit greenish with envy

Q

 

Great coins, gang ...

Here are three of my A-Pius bronze sweeties ...

 

Nice Bronze @Eduard ... the reverse is different, and I keep seeing a HEAD that he is looking at, not a globe!


RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE AR Denarius

 

Here's my AP big chunck


Antoninus Pius, Sestertius Rome mint, AD 140/144
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right
PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM, winged thunderbolt, S - C in field
25.86 gr, 31 mm
Ref : Cohen #682, RCV # 4208, RIC III # 618

Q

 

Great bronzes, Eduard.

 

Very nice chunks of bronze Eduard, especially like the distyle temple one.
I got this small denarius of his portraying the temple of Augustus and Livia, showing just how much detail the celator could get on the temple.

 

Great coins!

 

Your coin is lovely! Similar to mine in a way, with a better reverse than an obverse. Since on this one the reverse is what counts, we should be happy.

I had some trouble getting good pictures as well, specially the obverse is difficult to capture accurately but I'm happy with the later ones.

 

I think you are right, it does like like a head!
I hope it is just an artifact of the picture taking, lighting etc.
Would not be like Antoninus Pius.
I Will take a closer look.

Beautiful!

 

Thank you Ancient Aussie, your example shows great detail.
As you say, amazing level of detail the ancient engravers could get into such small dies.
This is my example of the type. On your example the temple appears wider, very pleasing to the eye.