New Antoninus Pius Sestertius - total quality control!

This was a "back to the roots" purchase for me: a nice big yellow Sestertius that cost me just 5 % of what I paid for my Agrippina Junior and nevertheless is much nicer in hand - the reverse has suffered from corrosion, but the obverse leaves little to be desired I think!

Note that the roman mint never reached this level of quality control for AE coinage again: this coin is not only round, well struck, and obviously made of "pure" yellow Orichalcum, it's weight is also 100 % spot on: exactly 27,2 grams equaling one roman ounce, the nominal weight of a Sestertius! Show me a coin of Marcus Aurelius (or any later ruler, for that matter) that matches all these boxes :-D.


ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII - Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right /
COS IIII S C - Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae
Sestertius, Rome AD 148
33 mm / 27,2 g
RIC 855; BMCRE 1823; Banti 100 (53 specimens)



Let´s see your coins of Antoninus Pius or Sestertii that come close to this in terms of quality control!

 

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Not even close, but here's one from my collection:

ANTONIUS PIUS
AE Sestertius
OBVERSE: IDIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right
REVERSE: CONSECRATIO, four tiered funeral pyre surmounted by Antoninus in a quadriga, SC in ex.
Struck at Rome 161 AD
25g, 31mm
RIC 1266 (Marcus Aurelius), BMC 880 (Marcus Aurelius), C 354

 

@Julius Germanicus : Exellent quality!
@Bing : a well known funeral pyre reverse. A nice one.
Here is 1 Sestertius and 1 As.


ANTONINVS AVG PI – US PP TRP COS III
Lauraete bust right
MONE – TA AVG
Moneta standing , facing left, holding scale and cornucopiae
A.D. 140 – 144, RIC 610, Sestertius, 28.75 gr



ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP
bare head right
TR POT – COS IIII
Puditia facing, looking left, raising right hand and holding veil with left hand.
A.D. 240 – 244, RIC 832A+COS IIII, AE AS, 10.38 gr

 

Closest I have to ideal weight and size

 

My only one.



Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD)
AE Sestertius Struck 143 AD
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP
TRP COS III, laureate head
right
Rev: IMPERATOR II, Fides
standing front, looking right,
holding corn ears and dish of
fruit. S-C across fields.
26.08 grams. RIC III 716;
Cohen 426; BMCRE 1608; Sear 4181.

 

That's a good "only one". Very nice @bcuda