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Offline Frans Diederik

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Not-in-RIC sestertius Antoninus Pius TRP XXI
« on: January 10, 2023, 03:04:35 pm »
Another rarity of my favorite emperor: ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS PP IMP II Laureate head right. TR POT XXI - COS IIII, S - C IN FIELDS. Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Not in RIC, Strack 1139 (few examples) BMCRE citing Strack on p 344.
This example came to me via a fellow collector in Germany and was auctioned only last year.
Very nice coin and extremely rare.

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Re: Not-in-RIC sestertius Antoninus Pius TRP XXI
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2023, 06:28:04 am »
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Very nice coin and extremely rare.

That's right, congratulations on this coin and many thanks for
the presentation! 8)

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Re: Not-in-RIC sestertius Antoninus Pius TRP XXI
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2023, 09:52:11 pm »
That's a real beauty! Congratulations
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Re: Not-in-RIC sestertius Antoninus Pius TRP XXI
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2023, 02:56:38 pm »
As a rule I don't comment on the niceness of coins; but this one is just "oh my"
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Re: Not-in-RIC sestertius Antoninus Pius TRP XXI
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2023, 08:23:53 pm »
Hi FD,

Nice coin! :)

The portrait is amazing.

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Re: Not-in-RIC sestertius Antoninus Pius TRP XXI
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2023, 10:59:04 am »
Thank you all for your kind comments; I am very pleased with it myself, too!
From the same series there are endless Annona coins, but very few with Jupiter. I'll share that one with you too.

Frans

 

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