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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8302600, member: 85693"]Thank you for that informative write-up, [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] I have two of the Antoninus Pius sestertius type in my collection - both quite worn, which made attributing them a real challenge since I'd never heard of the goddess Ops before. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll bet the boys in high school called her "Oops". I know I would have.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1469062[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(140-144 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[ANTO]NINVS AVG PIVS PP T[R P CO]S III laureate head right / [OPI] A[V]G S-C, Ops seated left, holding transverse sceptre and raising the drapery from her shoulder.</p><p>RIC 612a; Cohen 569.</p><p>(24.66 grams / 31 mm)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2021 </p><p>RIC 612a; Cohen 569.</p><p>(23.80 grams / 30 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2020[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8302600, member: 85693"]Thank you for that informative write-up, [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] I have two of the Antoninus Pius sestertius type in my collection - both quite worn, which made attributing them a real challenge since I'd never heard of the goddess Ops before. I'll bet the boys in high school called her "Oops". I know I would have.:shame: [ATTACH=full]1469062[/ATTACH] [B]Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius (140-144 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] [ANTO]NINVS AVG PIVS PP T[R P CO]S III laureate head right / [OPI] A[V]G S-C, Ops seated left, holding transverse sceptre and raising the drapery from her shoulder. RIC 612a; Cohen 569. (24.66 grams / 31 mm) eBay Feb. 2021 RIC 612a; Cohen 569. (23.80 grams / 30 mm) eBay May 2020[/QUOTE]
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