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<p>[QUOTE="PeteB, post: 4667168, member: 99412"][ATTACH=full]1150853[/ATTACH] </p><p>Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AR Denarius (17mm; 3.09 gm; 6h). Rome. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P. Bare head right, drapery on left shoulder. Rev: TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST, in ex: COS IIII. Octastyle temple, in which are seated two figures (Divus Augustus and Livia). Temple surmounted by quadriga; figures in pediment; Victories (?) (Romulus and Anchises?) on angles; statue at each corner in front of the columns there. Further, two statues appear at ground level in front of the four columns on each side. RIC 143 var. (laureate head). RSC 809a, except this coin has drapery on left shoulder, and possible drapery on right shoulder. RIC and RSC do not have an obverse with this legend and "draped." Standard references do not cite the <u><i>four </i></u>statues described above, though their images show them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PeteB, post: 4667168, member: 99412"][ATTACH=full]1150853[/ATTACH] Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AR Denarius (17mm; 3.09 gm; 6h). Rome. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P. Bare head right, drapery on left shoulder. Rev: TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST, in ex: COS IIII. Octastyle temple, in which are seated two figures (Divus Augustus and Livia). Temple surmounted by quadriga; figures in pediment; Victories (?) (Romulus and Anchises?) on angles; statue at each corner in front of the columns there. Further, two statues appear at ground level in front of the four columns on each side. RIC 143 var. (laureate head). RSC 809a, except this coin has drapery on left shoulder, and possible drapery on right shoulder. RIC and RSC do not have an obverse with this legend and "draped." Standard references do not cite the [U][I]four [/I][/U]statues described above, though their images show them.[/QUOTE]
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