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Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D.
Ceres' known mythology is indistinguishable from Demeter's. Her virgin daughter Proserpina (Persephone) was abducted by Hades to be his wife in the underworld. Ceres searched for her endlessly lighting her way through the earth with torches. While Ceres (Demeter) searched, she was preoccupied with her loss and her grief. The seasons halted; living things ceased their growth, then began to die. Some say that in her anger she laid a curse on the world that caused plants to wither and die, and the land to become desolate. Faced with the extinction of all life on earth, Zeus sent his messenger Hermes to the underworld to bring Proserpina back. However, because had eaten while in the underworld, Hades had a claim on her. Therefore, it was decreed that she would spend four months each year in the underworld. During these months Ceres grieves for her daughter's absence, withdrawing her gifts from the world, creating winter. Proserpina's return brings the spring. RS72328. Silver denarius, RSC II 973a, Strack 294, RIC III 248 var. (scepter not torch), BMCRE IV 844 corr. (torch instead of scepter), Hunter II - (type listed p. lxxix), VF, toned, Rome mint, weight 3.395g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 0o, 155 - 156 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right; reverse TR POT XIX COS IIII, Ceres seated left, veiled and draped, seat without back, left foot on footstool, right foot drawn back, holding torch over lap in right hand, two stalks of grain in left hand at hip; SOLD
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