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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7712640, member: 75937&quot;]When you see a post from [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER], you know you&#039;re not just going to read something interesting and educational, or that you&#039;ll see some cool and freaky coins, but you&#039;re going to experience a mind-blowing, multi-media extravaganza!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/SACoDGYTvVNhZYNb5a/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47m6lwle3q8kzriwxmg21ff8lzxlfbe6fcd66ddzlq&amp;rid=giphy.gif&amp;ct=g" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I like your new denarius! It&#039;s of historical interest, too. AD 158 was the 20th anniversary of Antoninus&#039; reign, and was an opportunity for indicating that new vows had been made (<i>vota suscepta</i>) and old vows had been fulfilled (<i>vota soluta</i>). Pius issued complementary coins depicting each situation. They had similar reverse types, but those for the vota soluta depicted a sacrificial bull behind the tripod, for the sacrifice was the result of vows being fulfilled. <i>The bucranium on your coin is an important feature of the iconography.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a similar sestertius from my <i>numophylacium</i>. Vota Suscepta (no sacrificial bull&#039;s head):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-vota-svscepta-dec-iii-cos-iiii-sestertius-ken-dorney-jpg.1244266/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.27 g, 31.4 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 158/9.</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: VOTA SVSCEPTA DEC III S C, Antoninus, veiled, standing l., sacrificing from patera over tripod-altar and holding roll by side; COS IIII in ex.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1010; BMCRE 2068-2069; Cohen 1124; Strack 1171; RCV 4262.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vota soluta (therefore WITH the bull&#039;s head; <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-13879" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-13879" rel="nofollow">BMCRE 2067</a>, reading VOTA SOL on the reverse. Photo from the British Museum):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/00667145_001-jpg.1244411/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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