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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4863434, member: 57495"]Sejanus gets his name on the reverse, but it's Tiberius's face on the obverse. All the same, definitely a want list item... just wish the prices were more palatable. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a less common depiction of Pietas, holding up a plate of fruits in one hand and a female deer in the other (with the deer looking more like a hare).</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1174827[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.55g, 18.6mm. Rome mint, AD 150-151. RIC 201 (scarce); Cohen 616. O: IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right. R: TR POT XIIII COS IIII, Pietas standing right, in front of altar, holding with right hand fore-legs of hind and holding dish of fruit on left hand; PIETAS in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Prof. Dr. Hildebrecht Hommel Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4863434, member: 57495"]Sejanus gets his name on the reverse, but it's Tiberius's face on the obverse. All the same, definitely a want list item... just wish the prices were more palatable. :sour: Here's a less common depiction of Pietas, holding up a plate of fruits in one hand and a female deer in the other (with the deer looking more like a hare). [ATTACH=full]1174827[/ATTACH] [B]ANTONINUS PIUS[/B] AR Denarius. 3.55g, 18.6mm. Rome mint, AD 150-151. RIC 201 (scarce); Cohen 616. O: IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right. R: TR POT XIIII COS IIII, Pietas standing right, in front of altar, holding with right hand fore-legs of hind and holding dish of fruit on left hand; PIETAS in exergue. [I]Ex Prof. Dr. Hildebrecht Hommel Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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