Picked these up for less than estimates. Show your Antonine dynasty coins! I thought this was nicely centered and patinated and a decent example of the type. Antonine sestertii circulated for decades and are typically well-worn. Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161 Roman orichalcum sestertius; 23.16 g, 29 mm Rome, AD 142 Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right. Rev: ANNONA AVG S C, Annona standing right, between modius and prow, holding corn ears and out-turned cornucopiae Refs: RIC 597; BMCRE 1228; Cohen 37; RCV 4147; UCR 502 I just love the flattering portrait of Faustina on this one! Even Laetitia has a lot of detail on her diademe and a cute face! Faustina II under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175 Roman AR denarius; 2.60 g, 17 mm Rome, AD 161-175 Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right Rev: LAETITIA, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and scepter Refs: RIC 700; Cohen 147; RCV 5258 var.
I'd say this one had another decade of circulation in it before you could call it 'well worn'. There are thousands of these sestertii with no letters, no face and no reverse. I'd call it a decent coin.
I Agree with Doug, a nice and decent coin with an attractive light green patina. I have 2 Antonini Pius sestertii who are well worn, heres the best of the 2 Some better ones:
I like em both! Here is a toned A.P. denarius I had a while back. Ignore the plastic (the coin was later cracked out).
Congrats, Roman Collector ... sweet OP-examples => here are a couple of my A-Pius examples ... A-Pius, Sestertius A-Pius, Alexandrian, AE Drachm
Cool combo @Roman Collector ! RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE AR Denarius RI Faustina Jr 161-175 CE Ar Denarius m Marcus Aurelius 17.1mm 3g
Nice acquisitions @Roman Collector. Young Lucius. Aeolis, Elaea. Lucius Verus AE16 Moesia, Markianopolis. Commodus AE20. Nemean Lion. Bithynia, Nicomedia. Marcus Aurelius AE27. Thessaly, Magnetes. Antoninus Pius AE22 Bithynia, Tium. Antoninus Pius AE18. Zeus Syrgastes
I would like to know what caused the Antonines to make so many bronze coins both at Rome and Alexandria that the Severans needed to make so few. We do see many well worn coins from this period suggesting they circulated a long time.
I think you nailed it. The Antonines produced for around 100 years so maybe there was enough in circulation for the Severans short 42 year dynasty.
Lovely patina on that sestertius, Roman Collector. A nice coin! Here are some of my coins of Antoninus Pius: Antoninian, restoration issue struck during the reign of Trajanus Decius: Denarius, with Temple reverse: Ae As of Antoninus Pius with the young Marcus Aurelius as caesar. A second example of the same type: Ae As with a figure standing within distyle temple:
