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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4644146, member: 85693&quot;]I&#039;m so glad you posted this coin (and thanks to RC for the additional information) - this <i>aurum coronarium</i> issue is a very interesting series. </p><p><br /></p><p>This past month I got one from a European eBay seller, bringing the examples in my collection to two.&nbsp; They are both in poor shape and in both cases, the seller didn&#039;t attribute them, so I got them cheap - the attributed and/or nicer ones are out of my price range. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is David Sear on the issue:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Hadrian&#039;s successor Antoninus Pius also issued a &#039;provincial&#039; series of coins, in this case to celebrate the remission of half of the <i>aurum coronarium</i> (&#039;crown-gold&#039;).&nbsp; This was a demand made by the emperor on the communities of the Empire (and sometimes even on foreign states) at the time of his accession and on certain anniversaries of his rule.&nbsp; Antoninus&#039; remission of half of this burdensome tax at the time he came to the throne was greeted with much enthusiasm and led to the production of an extensive series of <i>aes</i> coinage depicting crown-bearing personifications of various provinces (and even of the Parthian kingdom).&quot;&nbsp; David Sear, <i>Roman Coins and their Values, Volume 1, The Millennium Edition</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the one I just got - with the Cappadocia reverse (you can barely see Mt. Argaeus at her feet to the left):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1147569[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(139 A.D.)&nbsp; Aurum Coronarium&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANT[ONI]NVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right / [CAPPADOCIA] [COS II] in ex.,</p><p>Cappadocia standing left, holding crown &amp; vexillum, Mt. Argaeus with star above at left of her feet.</p><p>RIC III 1056 (RIC 580 (R)).</p><p>(23.34 grams / 31 x 29 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is, oddly enough, for Parthia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1147570[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(139 A.D.)&nbsp; Aurum Coronarium&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head rt. / [PARTHIA] [COS II (in ex.)] S [C ], Parthia standing left, holding crown, bow &amp; quiver on ground.</p><p>RIC 586 (R); Cohen 572; BMCRE IV 1191; Strack 792</p><p>(24.39 grams / 30 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p>David Sear again:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The remarkable inclusion of a rival state in this series commemorating provincial tax relief would seem to suggest that the Parthians were subject to some form of financial obligation to the Roman government consequent of Trajan&#039;s capture of Ctesiphon in AD 115 and the loss of the celebrated golden throne of the Arsacids&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I could tell poking around online auctions, etc., the Cappadocia issue seems to be the most common for some reason, but they are all pretty hard to find. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d agree with RC on the &quot;box&quot; in Strack being a crown - I think all these personifications are holding crowns. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an OCRE search for the various <i>aurum coronarium</i> reverse types - I got 18 hits (I might&#039;ve missed a couple):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=fulltext%3Astanding+AND+%28deity_facet%3A%22Africa%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Alexandria%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Asia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Cappadocia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Dacia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Mauretania%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Parthia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Phoenicia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Scythia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Sicilia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Syria%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Thracia%22%29+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Sestertius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Antoninus+Pius%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=fulltext%3Astanding+AND+%28deity_facet%3A%22Africa%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Alexandria%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Asia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Cappadocia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Dacia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Mauretania%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Parthia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Phoenicia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Scythia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Sicilia%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Syria%22+OR+deity_facet%3A%22Thracia%22%29+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Sestertius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Antoninus+Pius%22" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=fulltext:standing+AND+(deity_facet:&quot;Africa&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Alexandria&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Asia&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Cappadocia&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Dacia&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Mauretania&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Parthia&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Phoenicia&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Scythia&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Sicilia&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Syria&quot;+OR+deity_facet:&quot;Thracia&quot;)+AND+denomination_facet:&quot;Sestertius&quot;+AND+portrait_facet:&quot;Antoninus+Pius&quot;</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Somebody else on CT has one of these, a nice one, but I can&#039;t recall the member&#039;s name.&nbsp; I hope he/she posts it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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