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Author Topic: Denarius Antonius pius??  (Read 927 times)

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itsikha

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Denarius Antonius pius??
« on: May 27, 2007, 06:22:59 am »
I can see antonius pius , but the Face look like someone else can you tell me who is it?
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Re: Denarius Antonius pius??
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2007, 06:41:27 am »
Caracalla and Elagabalus both have the legends ANTONINVS PIVS AVG.

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Re: Denarius Antonius pius??
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2007, 10:00:27 am »
Conceivably a version of the following early issue, though the portrait looks oddly mature for 201 AD (a now-blocked online listing).
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Re: Denarius Antonius pius??
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2007, 12:31:19 am »
Looks like an ancient counterfeit copying the denarius named by Archivum.
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