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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3980411, member: 75937&quot;]The Antonine family is a little tricky to understand because of its <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-you-marry-your-cousin-who-happens-to-be-your-step-sister.348814" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-you-marry-your-cousin-who-happens-to-be-your-step-sister.348814">incestuous nature</a>, but it&#039;s a fun area to collect -- the coins are varied, generally inexpensive, and the history is fascinating. I look forward to watching your collection grow here on CT! </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some denarii of Pius and Commodus from my collection. This one is my most recent -- a gift from my Secret Saturnalia benefactor!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-consecratio-denarius-jpg.1038722/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.26g, 17.2 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 161.</p><p>Obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS, head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right, with drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers decorated with garlands and statues and surmounted by a quadriga.</p><p>Refs: RIC 438; BMCRE 60-64; RSC 164a; RCV 5193; MIR 24.</p><p>Notes: Also struck with a right-facing bare head (no drapery) portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047820[/ATTACH]</p><p>Commodus, AD 177-192.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.29 g, 17.2 mm, 7h.</p><p>Rome, AD 191.</p><p>Obv: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: CONC COM P M TR P XVI COS VI, Concordia standing left, holding patera and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 219; BMCRE 296-97; RCV 5631; MIR 808; Cohen 45.</p><p>Notes: Reverse die match to BMCRE 296.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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