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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6609501, member: 85693&quot;]Great excuse to post my latest Antoninus Pius - a sestertius with the goddess Ops on the reverse - her first appearance on a coin, I believe</p><p><br /></p><p>I am really crazy about this one - the extensive pitting doesn&#039;t quite ruin the portrait or the goddess and it has this smooth, mellow brassy color to it (Tiber patina?).&nbsp; As with many of AP&#039;s imperial coins, the artwork is quite fine.&nbsp; And it was cheap.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1266603[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 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><br /></p><p>I already had an Ops sestertius, in about the same condition, but not as pleasing surfaces.&nbsp; For a moment I thought I had an obverse die match, but I talked myself out of it.&nbsp; I&#039;m willing to be talked back into it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1266606[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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