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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topcat7, post: 2584353, member: 73372&quot;]My latest purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>SCARCE AND <u>LARGE</u></p><p>Ancient Roman Egypt Bronze Hemidrachm of <b>ANTONINUS PIUS 138-161 A.D.</b> minted circa 144 A.D. around (Regnal) year 8 of his reign.</p><p><b>35 mm</b> max. diameter and nearly an ounce at<b>&nbsp; 24.16 grams</b></p><p><i>Obv: </i><b>AVT K AIL AΔP ANTΩNEINOC CEB EYC</b>, laureate head right.</p><p><i>Rev:&nbsp; </i><b>HOMONOIA</b>, Homonoia standing, head to her right,</p><p>holding double cornucopiae in left arm, a patera held in her right hand, feeding a serpent, arising from being coiled around an altar to her right.</p><p>In Greek mythology Homonoia (Greek: Ὁμόνοια) was Goddess of Concord, Unanimity, and Oneness of Mind.</p><p>Her opposite was Eris (Strife). Homonoia was believed to be the daughter of Soter, the Saviour Daimon, and Praxidike, the Goddess of Judicial Punishment and Vengeance. Her siblings were Arete (a goddess personifying Virtue) and Ktesios, minor God of Household.</p><p>Arete and Homonoia were referred to as the Praxidikai,&nbsp; taking this name after their mother.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>Ex - U.K. Dealer</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]561556[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]561557[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what CNG says about it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]561553[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts, please? Any better attribution, maybe?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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