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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3724183, member: 99456&quot;][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] great post - you had me laughing out loud, happy (belated) birthday to</p><p>Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Antoninus.&nbsp; Lots of excellent coins shared in the thread.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a favorite denarius of AP.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]998407[/ATTACH]</p><p>I tried to read a book about the &quot;<a href="https://archive.org/details/reignofantoninus00brya/page/n5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/reignofantoninus00brya/page/n5" rel="nofollow">Reign of Antoninus Pius</a>&quot;, but have had trouble getting past Chapter IV....it&#039;s a very relaxing book.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;The reign of Antoninus Pius was devoid of events of great political importance and, while it is a period full of interest to the critical student, contains little to arrest the attention of the average writer.&quot;</i></p><p>- The Reign of Antoninus Pius. E.E.Bryant. Cambridge University Press, 1894 <a href="https://archive.org/details/reignofantoninus00brya/page/n19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/reignofantoninus00brya/page/n19" rel="nofollow">p.1-2</a></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&nbsp;</i></p><p><i>&quot;The first period of ten years in Antoninus’ reign had been marked by he quiet prosperity and peaceful progress which are the chief blessings of good government.&nbsp; Nor was the course of the years 149-151 AD different in character from that of the preceding ten, if we may draw any inference from the absence of information with regard to them.&quot;</i></p><p>- The Reign of Antoninus Pius. E.E.Bryant. Cambridge University Press, 1894 <a href="https://archive.org/details/reignofantoninus00brya/page/64" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/reignofantoninus00brya/page/64" rel="nofollow">p65</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, prosperous, peaceful, good government doesn&#039;t sell a lot of novels, movies or ancient coins...</p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]998418[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius</b>, AD 138-161, AE As, Rome.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, Laureate head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> TR POT COS II / PAX in exergue, Pax standing left with branch and cornucopia.</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC 569a[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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