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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SwK, post: 1810319, member: 22309&quot;][ATTACH=full]295550[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161.As (Copper, 27mm, 10.67 g 12), Rome, 140. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P Laureate and draped bust of Antoninus Pius to right. TR POT COS III / S C Roma, draped and helmeted, seated right on a high-backed throne; holding spear with points at both ends with her left hand and propping her head on her right; she looks slightly down&nbsp; to the right. BMC 1373 var. Cohen 894. Hill 268. RIC 697b. Very rare. A beautiful coin with a fine portrait and an exceptionally lovely reverse. A sharply struck, very well preserved coin with a fine dark green patina, good extremely fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a European private collection. This is an unusually fine As of Antoninus Pius, which may have been struck in honor of the forthcoming 900th anniversary of the foundation of Rome. Roma appears on the reverse in a most artistic and delicate way: she seems pensive as she sits, wearing flowing robes, on a simple throne, but with her head slightly bent forward. The only signs of her military nature are the crested helmet she wears and the spear she holds. Somewhat curiously, her spear is pointed at both ends. The engraver who was responsible for this die was particularly skillful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Latest purchase</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="mailto:info@petitioncrown.com">info@petitioncrown.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.petitioncrown.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.petitioncrown.com" rel="nofollow">www.petitioncrown.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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