Just won this one. Unlike many folks here on CT condition is not that important to me especially if it has a pretty patina with a good portrait. I am enticed by a popular emperor whom I respect and a hard to find issue reasonably priced. This one appears to meet those criteria. I have found only two others like it, one an RIC 727 and a 727a both on acsearch. Not sure of the difference however. Wildwinds only has the RIC 727. Antoninus Pius AE As Rome Mint 143-144 AD Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III Laureate head right Reverse: IMPERATOR II S C Jupiter, seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre References: RIC 727a Rare Size: 28mm, 12.50g Post your best A.Pius
Nice coin, I like your collecting strategy you can also buy more if condition is not important. As long as there is enough detail to attribute the coin as with your Pius. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AE Dupondius 27mm, 10.58gm Rome mint struck AD 159 Octastyle temple within which are the seated figures of Divus Augustus and Livia. RIC III 1017.
I like your new example @Mike Margolis ANTONIUS PIUS AR Didrachm OBVERSE: ANTWNEI-NOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right REVERSE: YPAT B PAT PATR, Helios, holding globe and sceptre, standing atop Mt. Argaeus; * in exergue Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, 139 AD 6.2g, 21mm Syd 301c ANTONIUS PIUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right REVERSE: TR POT XIX COS IIII, Annona standing left with corn ears & modius set on prow Struck at Rome 155/6AD 3.1g, 17mm RIC 249, C 983
I had this little brother Drachm to yours, worn but with the mountain volcano reverse. I gave it recently as a gift:
Nor to me as well. Personally, this is what I look for in a coin: historical interest, rarity, style, and last but not least condition. I'm not saying I don't enjoy a fabulous EF, just that I can enjoy a worn fine style rarity just as much, if not more! BTW, nice pick-up!
Worn bronzes definitely have their appeal. They were the workhorses of the economy and have the wear to prove it. A-Pi struck some great AE types. I really like the series produced for the 900th anniversary of Rome, featuring scenes from its founding myths. ANTONINUS PIUS AE As. 11.34g, 27mm, Rome mint, 140 AD, RIC 694a. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right. R: TR POT COS III SC, Mars right, holding spear and shield, descending through the air toward sleeping Rhea Silvia.
Technically, there is no 727. 727a has the right-facing bust, like yours. 727b has a left-facing bust. 727a is much more common than 727b. My AS.Pius: Silver Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 153-154 Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS TR P XVII Rev: COS IIII - Annonia, standing, facing left, holding corn ears in right hand and resting left hand on modius sitting on front of ship RIC 231 18mm, 3.7g.
I don't like to play favorites but I do like my Alexandria obol which was struck with the flat side of the flan on the obverse contrary to common practice.
Hey @Mike Margolis , nice AE AP! I have NO AE... just a couple AR. RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE AR Denarius RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE BI Tet Alexandria Egypt Dikaiosyne Scale
View attachment 740690 RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE AR Denarius A beautiful radiant denarius. Flowing beauty on the reverse.
I only have one A.Pius. The condition is not great, but I love it anyway. It has a great provenance and it is a plate coin. Egypt, Alexandria. Dattari. Antoninus Pius, 138-161 Diobol circa 151-152 (year 15), Æ 22.5mm., 7.45g. Obv: Laureate bust r., drapery on l. shoulder. Rev. Agathodaemon erect, crowned with skhent; in field, L-E. RPC Online 15718 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 162, 3066 (this coin). Good Fine. From the Dattari collection. Ex: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
I’m the same way @Mike Margolis as condition isn’t a huge issue. You can see that clearly here. AD 138-161, AE Dupondius, 26mm, 14.15gm, Radiate head right / Providentia standing left, globe at feet.