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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5477645, member: 57495"]I could be wrong, but I suspect the date here reads L Δ rather than L A. In any case, lovely coin! </p><p><br /></p><p>From the first year of the unexpectedly long reign of Antoninus Pius... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1238742[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.02g, 18.1mm. Rome mint, 10 Jul - end AD 138. RIC III 4 corr. (bust type, obv legend); BMCRE pg 2, *; RSC 659a. O: IMP CAES AEL ANTONINVS AVG, bare head right. R: PONT MAX T R POT COS, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae.</p><p>Ex Phil Peck Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>From the months following Commodus's acclamation as co-emperor in AD 177:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1238748[/ATTACH]<b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.33g, 18mm. Rome mint, Autumn - Dec AD 177. RIC (Marcus Aurelius) 646; Cohen 270. O: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: IVNONI SISPITAE TR P II IMP II COS P P, Juno Sospita, advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand and holding shield in left; in front, snake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5477645, member: 57495"]I could be wrong, but I suspect the date here reads L Δ rather than L A. In any case, lovely coin! From the first year of the unexpectedly long reign of Antoninus Pius... [ATTACH=full]1238742[/ATTACH] [B]ANTONINUS PIUS[/B] AR Denarius. 3.02g, 18.1mm. Rome mint, 10 Jul - end AD 138. RIC III 4 corr. (bust type, obv legend); BMCRE pg 2, *; RSC 659a. O: IMP CAES AEL ANTONINVS AVG, bare head right. R: PONT MAX T R POT COS, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. Ex Phil Peck Collection From the months following Commodus's acclamation as co-emperor in AD 177: [ATTACH=full]1238748[/ATTACH][B]COMMODUS[/B] AR Denarius. 3.33g, 18mm. Rome mint, Autumn - Dec AD 177. RIC (Marcus Aurelius) 646; Cohen 270. O: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: IVNONI SISPITAE TR P II IMP II COS P P, Juno Sospita, advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand and holding shield in left; in front, snake.[/QUOTE]
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