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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8190002, member: 85693&quot;]As far as I know, this is the only depiction of Mt. Argaeus on an Imperial Roman coin (rather than a Provincial).&nbsp; Part of a scarce series of sestertii issued by Antoninus Pius at the time of his accession:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433664[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(139 A.D.)&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>&quot;Aurum Coronarium&quot; type&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANT[ONI]NVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right / [CAPPADOCIA] [COS II] in ex.,</p><p>Cappadocia standing left, holding crown &amp; vexillum, Mt. Argaeus with star above at left of her feet.</p><p>RIC III 1056 (RIC 580 (R)).</p><p>(23.34 grams / 31 x 29 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2020 (France)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Hadrian&#039;s successor Antoninus Pius also issued a &#039;provincial&#039; series of coins, in this case to celebrate the remission of half of the <i>aurum coronarium</i> (&#039;crown-gold&#039;).&nbsp; This was a demand made by the emperor on the communities of the Empire (and sometimes even on foreign states) at the time of his accession and on certain anniversaries of his rule.&nbsp; Antoninus&#039; remission of half of this burdensome tax at the time he came to the throne was greeted with much enthusiasm and led to the production of an extensive series of <i>aes</i> coinage depicting crown-bearing personifications of various provinces (and even of the Parthian kingdom).&quot;&nbsp; David Sear, <i>Roman Coins and their Values, Volume 1, The Millennium Edition</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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