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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7476902, member: 86498&quot;]This has to be my favorite thunderbolt. This coin is interesting in that back in 2005 when I bought it no one loved it. It was remaindered and I bought it after the auction had closed. Furthermore this coin is part of a major shift in the propaganda centering on the emperors fitness to rule. Up to the time of Trajan that was simply his ability as a military commander. Under Hadrian and then Pius the notion became that he was emperor because of the wisdom of the gods. In this coin Pius&nbsp; alludes to that theory using the thunderbolt of Jupiter and the legend PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM.</p><p>Sestertius of Antoninus Pius 142 AD Obv. Head right laureate Rv Winged thunderbolt RIC 618 23.63 grms 30 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1294378[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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