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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26488643, member: 87809&quot;]Since there is not much going on here at ancient coins, I&#039;m just sharing this Antoninus Pius - not scarce nor rare but I like his portrait:</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Sestertius, Orichalcum</p><p>Rome, 156 - 157 AD</p><p>31 mm, 23.11 g, 11h</p><p>RIC III Antoninus Pius, 967 type 2 (position of SC); Banti 476; BMCRE (Vol. IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus, p. 340) 2016; RSC 1008; Sear 4252</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P IMP II Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to r.</p><p>Rev.: TR POT XX - COS IIII Securitas seated to l. on curule chair formed by two crossed cornucopias, holding scepter in r. hand and resting l. elbow on the cornucopia at her left. The top of the cornucopia at her right can be seen below her r. arm.&nbsp; S – C across field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Securitas is the Roman personification of security, carefreeness, and peace of mind, occasionally also of carelessness. She only appeared as a deity during the imperial period, mainly on coins. She is first depicted on a bronze medallion of Nero as Securitas Augusti, the Securitas owed to the emperor.</p><p>The standing Securitas is more common than the seated type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture courtesy CNG:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1688792[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your Secvritas coins or anything related you want to share.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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