Latest buy, apart from a tiny picture on wildwinds , I can't find another one online. scarce ? rare ?
Nice coin Andres. I believe the Felicitas reverse with cornucopia is less common than the reverse with the Capricorn. Suetonius noted that Antoninus was born in Capricorn and associated himself with that imagery. I wonder if that accounts for relative scarcity of the normal Felicitas reverse here. Below is mine, with the more common reverse: Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). AE Sestertius (31 mm, 25.48 g), Rome, 147. Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, Laureate head right. Rev. FELICITAS AVG / S - C in field, Felicitas standing left, holding capricorn and long winged caduceus. RIC 770.
If you can't find but one or two other examples online, I take that as a sign the coin is scarce or rare. Lovely coin! Here's the only Sestertius of Antoninus Pius in my collection:
Strack 803 knew just three specimens of your Felicitas sestertius of 139: in Vienna, Rome, and Cahn Sale 1918, lot 536. I also have such a sestertius in my collection.
