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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4318990, member: 96898&quot;]That simply and frankly is a fantastic sestertius! Wow!</p><p><br /></p><p>I can completely relate to the feeling of being stuck at home. To fight cabin fever, I&#039;ve started to go running late at night when there is nobody on the streets, and am doing an intensive online daily language course to finally get fluent in Spanish. That as well as reading a lot and recataloguing my coin collection help a little bit. It still is a frustrating situation.</p><p><br /></p><p>All my Antonini Pii pale in comparison to yours. The second one shows interesting ancient damage, though – because who the heck would not like Antoninus Pius?!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097688[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Antoninus Pius (as Caesar), Roman Empire, AR denarius, 138 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS; head of Antoninus Pius, bare, r. Rev: TRIB POT COS; Pietas, veiled, draped, standing l., holding up r. hand over altar and l. hand on side. 18 mm, 3.54g. Ref: RIC II Hadrian 452A.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1097690[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Antoninus Pius, Roman Empire, denarius, 145–161 AD, Rome mint. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP; laureate head of Antoninus Pius r. (deliberately defaced in antiquity). Rev: COS IIII; thunderbolt on altar. 16.5mm, 4.02g. RIC III Antoninus Pius 137.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1097689[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Antoninus Pius, Roman Empire, denarius, 155–156 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [ANTO]NINVS AVG PIVS PP [IMP II], head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, r. Rev: TR POT XIX [CO]S III, Annona standing l., holding corn ears, resting l. hand on modius standing on prow with rudder leaning on it. 18mm, 3.27g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 249.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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