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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2850699, member: 56859&quot;]It looks like a sestertius of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius.&nbsp; The reverse shows Roma seated left on a curule chair; behind her, Victory is flying left.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=221264" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=221264" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s an example from CNG&#039;s archives</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/2900395.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>290, Lot: 395.</b> Estimate $100.</p><p>Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius. </b>AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.36 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 152. Laureate head right / Pius seated left on curule chair, holding globe, being crowned by Victory flying left. RIC III 889; Banti 455. Fine, dark grayish-green patina, areas of roughness, smoothing in fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>The OP coin does look more like toned silver than bronze.&nbsp; Also, how would a bronze coin survive on a <i>beach</i>?&nbsp; Seems like the salt water would turn it to dust in short order.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t dig through RIC-- I just went to CNG&#039;s archives and typed &quot;Antoninus Pius, curule&quot;.&nbsp; Maybe there are other denominations with this iconography.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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