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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7711023, member: 91461&quot;]Though a low budget </p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]V3xi9lCmj-0[/MEDIA]</p><p>(You&#039;re welcome for this hidden rock jem<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>coin purchased in my early collecting mania, I always proudly share my first Antoninus Pius Denarius. </p><p>Despite having been handled more times than my fridge door and having more cracks than my psyquee, this coin just has that unexplainable <i>spooky</i> </p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Qpo9KZYJ4sA[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>look some coins just have that set them apart. Just what HAS this coin seen!?!?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322742[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antoninus Pius </p><p>Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). AR Denarius (18 mm, 3.39 g), Roma (Rome), 153-154 AD.</p><p>Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev. COS IIII, Vesta standing holding simpulum and Palladium.</p><p>RIC III, 229b.</p><p>Nicely toned</p><p><br /></p><p>And then I found one that scared me more<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> on sale, from...Heritage auctions!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I thought for sure I would get blown out of the water like I just was at Nomos and ANC:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322750[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Actual footage of me earlier this week)</p><p><br /></p><p>But met limited resistance from one of the most watched auction houses around<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And finally UPGRADED<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> my Ant Pie<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> without losing that <i>spooky...</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1322753[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i>Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). AR denarius (18mm, 12h). NGC XF, light scratches. Rome, AD 158/9. ANTONINVS AVG-PIVS P P TR P XXII, laureate head of Antoninus right / VOTA SOL-DEC II-COS IIII, emperor, togate, standing facing, veiled head left, sacrificing from patera in right hand over altar at left, globe at feet, bucranium at base left of altar. RIC III 291b. Purchased from Heritage Auction June 2021 HID09801242017</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>If you just messed your pants it&#039;s... understandable. I warned you that it was <i>spooky</i>... and the coin is stupid sexy<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I get it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>As a favor, here are a few facts that we do know about this amazing and rare emperor that reigned an incredible 22 peaceful years, never leaving Rome, but sadly, with so little written about him surviving compared to near all of his predecessors, some of the facts are these:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322760[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s all right. Nothing spooky going on here...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322766[/ATTACH] </p><p>N&#039;night<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie53" alt=":hungover:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to see your spooky cool coins, Ant Pies, upgrades or anything that ROCKS<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />... peacefully<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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