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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2236258, member: 74282&quot;]Happy birthday, Bing. I recently bought a denarius of Antoninus Pius that I haven&#039;t shared here yet;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]440323[/ATTACH] </p><p>Antoninus Pius. A.D. 138-161. AR denarius (17.2 mm, 3.54 g, 6 h). Rome mint, Struck A.D. 139. IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS, bare head right / AVG PIVS P M TR P COS II P P, Victory advancing right, holding palm and wreath. RIC 25; BMCRE 60; RSC 86.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was a huge step up from what was previously the only Antoninus Pius in my collection, the following tiny AE from Aelia Capitolina(Jerusalem) after the expulsion of the jews and Christians following Rome putting down the Bar Kochba revolt. This one was found in an uncleaned lot actually:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]440324[/ATTACH] </p><p>JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Hadrian, with Antoninus Pius as Caesar. AD 117-138. Æ (20mm, 9.9g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right / Head of Antoninus right. Meshorer, Aelia 9; Rosenberger 9.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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