galba68 antoninus pius portrait at his best

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I like the "as Caesar" style portrait also. No gold for me! But I'm happy with this denarius:


(Some very light cleaning scratches on the obverse, but not visible in hand.)

 

thats real collector..!!!

 

It's not as good as gold or Severus Alexander's silver but I reckon my sestertius comes third.

 

I've always been envious of A. Pius''s hair.

 

You, Carus, and me!

 

As it's a lovely big chunk'o'bronze, it is at the very least tied for second!

 

Wow, all the coins above are master works from the best celators.

This one which I own is comical in comparison.



My other Pius is a little better, though the celator was still not as talented as those above.

 

I have a nice one of Mr. Perect Hair.

 

As evidenced by my avatar coin, I also have a penchant for Pius portraits:

 

WOW that's one great coin there.....we've all moved down one placing each and your's goes to the top.

 

After the aureus but before Pius was ready to place Augustus on the obverse of his coins is this denarius which includes Hadrian's name HADRI in the obverse legend and AVG beginning the reverse. The reverse is dated to late 138 by the COS DES II announcing his intent to serve as Consul in 139.

 

I like this sestertius for its portrait:

 

Wonderful posts!!

AJ's is totally off the charts

I'll pile on with my best example of Antoninus.

 

Remarkable quality !

 

Antoninus Pius:


RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE AR Denarius


RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE BI Tet Alexandria Egypt Dikaiosyne Scale

How about we give a little credit to his WIFE?!

RI Faustina Sr 138-140 CE AR Denarius m Antoninus Pius 17.4mm 3.2g

 

Antoninus Pius has some excellently styled portraits. Great coins all!

 

Thank you!

 

Heres mine..