ANTONIUS PIUS DUPONDIUS

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  1. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    I haven't posted anything as of late and this is my last purchase. Not a great example, but one that will suffice for my collection of the 5 Good in bronze(latest goal).

    POST YOUR COINS & COMMENTS PEEPS:) Antonius Pius dupondius 001.JPG Antonius Pius dupondius 002.JPG Dupondius Emperor Antonius Pius(138-161), bust facing right obverse, Aequitas standing holding scale and cornucopia reverse, Rome mint 24-25mm, 10.9 gms, minted circa 139 AD
     
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  3. dadams

    dadams Well-Known Member

    Another nice addition G. I'll be excited to see the five together once you have them all collected. -d
     
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  4. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Lovely coin! These well-circulated coins are evidence of how prosperous the empire was in the Antonine era. Think of the thousands of transactions that coin facilitated!

    Here's a couple of my Antoninus Pius bronzes:

    Antoninus Pius Annona Sestertius.jpg Antoninus Pius TEMPORVM FELICITAS Sestertius.jpg
     
  5. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Nice Antonines - I like the worn ones because I can afford them. Here is my only posthumous Antoninus Pius, with his column barely visible on the reverse:

    Antoninus Pius Posthum Column Oct 18 (0).jpg

    Here are two harshly cleaned AEs from that era, which show the color difference between the orichalcum (brass) of the sestertius (Antoninus Pius) and the copper of an as (his wife Faustina I):

    Anto Pius Faustina Brass & Copper May 18 (4).JPG

    Anto Pius Faustina Brass & Copper May 18 (7).JPG
     
  6. cmezner

    cmezner do ut des Supporter

    Great comment!
    If coins could only tell us who held them in their hands :)

    Mine is a sestertius, not a Dupondius and also very much circulated:
    Rome 152-153 CE
    32 x 33 mm; 24.88 g;
    Ref: RIC III 904; Cohen 452
    Ob.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS XVI Laureate head right
    Rv.: INDVLGENTIA AVG COS IIII Indulgentia seated left with scepter, extending right hand; in exergue S C
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  7. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    This bargain bin Pius provincial is actually my best of him in AE!

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  8. cmezner

    cmezner do ut des Supporter

    And another Sestertius, but it is a pendant. My dad gave it to me years ago, and he said it could always be removed because he designed it that way. However, as it is his gift, I always left it that way - just for remembrance. On special occasions I do wear it :)

    31 x 32 mm, 30.06 g (with the frame)
    Rome, 150-151 CE
    Ref.: RIC III Antoninus Pius 874; Cohen 690
    Ob.: IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P laureate head right
    Rev.: TR POT XIIII COS III Roma, helmeted, draped, seated left on low seat, holding spear in right hand and resting left elbow on round shield set on prow on right; in left hand, a parazonium; S - C

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  9. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    My one and only A-Pi dupondius, also an Aequitas reverse.

    Antoninus Dup Aeq400.jpg ANTONINUS PIUS
    AE Dupondius. 12.05g, 27mm. Rome mint, AD 148-149. RIC 858; Sear 1281; C 233. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS TR P XII, radiate head right. R: COS IIII, Aequitas standing left holding scales and cornucopiae; S-C in fields.
    Purchased from Alan Cherry (London Coin Fair, Sep 2014)
     
  10. Ancient Aussie

    Ancient Aussie Well-Known Member

    Nice one ominus1, looks very smooth a few
    hands have touched that one. Only have one Dupondius the rest of my bronzes are all Sestertius. 2015-01-07 01.08.08-9.jpg
     
  11. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

  12. gogili1977

    gogili1977 Well-Known Member

    Nice Pius.
    My dupondius and As:
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  13. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    Nice coin ominus , I have the same one:

    Antoninus Pius Aequitas.jpg
     
  14. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

  15. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Really nice, worn AP dup, @ominus1! Here's my AP dupondius with Felicitas.
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  16. Sara Long

    Sara Long New Member

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  17. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    That's a coin of Faustina II, the daughter of Antoninus Pius. It's from c. AD 147-150.
     
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  18. Ancient Aussie

    Ancient Aussie Well-Known Member

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  19. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    That’s actually really neat! Were the coins that brightly colored when first struck? I bet so; US cents come out of the mint pinkish copper but become brown etc over the years.

    Must have been a sight to see handfuls of shiny new Roman coins back in the day
     
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  20. Limes

    Limes Well-Known Member

    Nice addition! It seems to have this nice bronze look. Good idea to put together a digital tray with bronzes. Making a note here, for myself, to do that to for my bronzes. Below is my latest bronze of AP, a sesterius.
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  21. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    For some reason, I have a dozen sestertii but just one single dupondius.
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