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Offline SRukke

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Antoninus Pius Sestertius ID help needed
« on: June 06, 2010, 04:44:30 pm »
Not in hand yet and I'm having no luck finding this exact reverse.
Looking for a RIC number.

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Sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), struck  AD 140-144. 
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, Laureate head right
Reverse: COS IIII / S C, Securitas seated left, holding sceptre & propping head on left hand
Diameter: 29mm, weight unknown
This is a very chunky coin - it's 4mm thick.

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Re: Antoninus Pius Sestertius ID help needed
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2010, 04:51:13 pm »
It's not Securitas, it's Ops. Then again after checking mine it might not be.

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Re: Antoninus Pius Sestertius ID help needed
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2010, 05:04:46 pm »
Hi,

Securitas it is, I think as although the obverse break is different it seems to match this coin from my collection and gallery:


Antoninus Pius 138-61 AD
AE sestertius
Obv "ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP"
Laureate bust right
Rev "COS IIII SC"
Securitas seated left
Rome mint
RIC 764

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Re: Antoninus Pius Sestertius ID help needed
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2010, 06:09:07 pm »
Hi,

Securitas it is, I think as although the obverse break is different it seems to match this coin from my collection and gallery:


Antoninus Pius 138-61 AD
AE sestertius
Obv "ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP"
Laureate bust right
Rev "COS IIII SC"
Securitas seated left
Rome mint
RIC 764

Regards,

Mauseus

Very close indeed. I had looked at RIC 764 on Wildwinds but the SC was in the left and right field instead of the exergue. I wasn't sure if it mattered on the RIC number.  Thank you very much.

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Re: Antoninus Pius Sestertius ID help needed
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2010, 03:08:04 am »
Hi,

Although RIC sometimes differentiates where SC is placed it doesn't for this entry.

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Mauseus

 

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