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Reverse: The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right; two stars above; ROMA in exergue.
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.37 g
Reverse: Victory standing right attaching wreath to long palm frond; ROMANO upward to left, II to lower right.
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6.5 g
Reverse: Bridled horse's head right; behind, sickle and beneath, ROMA.
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.08 g
Reverse: Prow of galley to right; ROMA above.
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.96 g
Reverse: L ΙΑ; kalathos containing three (or five) poppies; either side, torch
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 5.71 g
Reverse: L ΙΖ; monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with six columns, garlanded, (barriers between columns), uncertain figure at each end of base; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 20.55 g
Reverse: PIETAS S C: Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from right hand on lighted altar left and holding box in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 21.43 g
Reverse: The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right; two stars above; ROMA in exergue.
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 4.47 g
Reverse: AFRICA COS II S C: Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, standing left, holding crown in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 26.52 g
"The provincial coin issues of Antoninus Pius begin early in his reign, circa AD 139, and represent something of a continuation from the similar series of his predecessor, Hadrian. Unlike Hadrian, Antoninus never left Italy over the 24 years of his reign and never saw the vast majority of the provinces depicted, although he did serve as governor of Asia during his senatorial career. Unlike Hadrian's series, where the provinces are usually shown in a submissive pose, those of Antoninus Pius are often depicted presenting a crown – reflecting the tradition of each provincial government sending to Rome a weighty gold crown upon a new emperor's accession. The provincial sestertii of Antoninus are, as a rule, quite rare and difficult to acquire in pleasing grades." - CNG
Reverse: SAECVLI FELICIT: Pulvinar, draped, on which are infants Commodus and Antoninus
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.06 g
Some auction houses suggest a tighter date range of 161-165 AD
Reverse: P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P: Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.37 g
Reverse: LAETITIA: Laetitia, draped, standing right, holding wreath in right hand and sceptre in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.02 g
Reverse: The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right; two stars above; dolphin below horses; ROMA in exergue.
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 4.09 g
Provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular - September 1983 (5441).
Reverse: HILARITAS: Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm, nearly vertical, in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.29 g
Some auction houses list a tighter date range of 161-164 AD, 161-176 comes from RIC.
Reverse: Bridled horse rearing left; ROMA below.
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 2.56 g
Provenance: NAC Auction 29, Zürich 2005, lot 249.
Reverse: Prow of galley right, ROMA above.
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 5.65 g
Reverse: MATRI MAGNAE: Cybele, towered, draped, seated left on throne, holding branch and resting left elbow on drum; behind, lion
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.05 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO S C: Eagle, head left, standing right on garlanded altar
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 23.2 g
Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII, Pax standing to left, holding branch and cornucopia; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 8.23 g
A mule that appears to be from a pair of sestertius dies, but struck on an As sized flan, Faustina obverse and Antoninus Pius reverse. The reverse seems to be RIC 945, the obverse of the type mentioned above.
Reverse: LAETITIA S C: Laetitia, draped, standing front, head left, holding wreath in right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 25.15 g
ex. NGC XF 5/5 Strike 2/5 Surfaces, Smoothing RIC suggests 161-176 AD, CNG believes a tighter range of 161-164 AD.
Reverse: The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right; two stars above; shield and carnyx below horses; ROMA in exergue.
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 4.17 g
Reverse: LIBERTAS AVG IMP II COS P P S C: Libertas, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and rod in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 7.14 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO S C: Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar left and holding long lighted torch, vertical, in left
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 13.42 g
RIC says 141 AD, some auction houses say 146, or 147, some say 146-161 AD, during the reign of Pius is all that's certain.
Reverse: LIB AVG TR P V IMP IIII COS II P P: Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding coin board in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.39 g
Reverse: VESTA: Vesta, veiled, standing left next to a decorated and lighted altar, holding simpulum in right hand and palladium in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.2 g
RIC dates to 164-180 AD, CNG says 161-162, others claim 164-169 .
Reverse: PIETAS S C: Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from right hand on lighted altar left and holding box in left hand
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 24.94 g
RIC proposes a date range of 164-169, however CNG is adamant about the dating bein 161-162 right after she married Lucius Verus.
Reverse: The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right; two stars above; feather below horses; ROMA in exergue.
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 3.29 g
Provenance: Artemide Aste - E-auction 22 (3 April 2022), lot 454.
Reverse: ΠƐΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ: in laurel wreath
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.1 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO: Eagle, standing front, head left, wings open
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.38 g
Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII S C: Fides Exercitus, standing left, holding two standards
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 9.18 g
Reverse: ASIA COS II S C: Asia, towered, standing left, holding crown in right hand and anchor in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 23.09 g
Roma Numismatics has this interesting tidbit: "This sestertius is part of a series portraying the provinces and struck for the offering of the "aurum coronarium", tributes donated by the provinces to the emperor upon accession and other special occasions. The practice was inherited from the Greeks who bestowed a gold crown on those deemed worthy of public honours and the tributes demanded by Hellenistic kings over the communities they ruled. Under the Romans, such tributes became statutory taxes and probably took the form of bullion utilised by the mint for striking of coins. The occasion provided a propaganda opportunity for Antoninus, who generously remitted half of the tribute to the provinces and Italy. The series of bronze coins, of which this sestertius is a part, commemorates the thirteen regions who presumably gave tribute and/or benefited from the emperors generosity (see RIC 574-596)."
Reverse: DIANA LVCIFERA: Diana, draped, standing left, holding long lighted torch in both hands across body
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.54 g
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Reverse: COS IIII: Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted altar and holding palladium at shoulder in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.64 g
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Reverse: TR POT XXI COS IIII: Aequitas, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 3.59 g
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Reverse: COS IIII: Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, holding simpulum lowered in right hand and palladium at shoulder in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.05 g
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Reverse: FOR RED P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P: Fortuna, draped, seated left on low seat, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; under seat, wheel
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.57 g
Reverse: TR P VII IMP IIII COS III: Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm, sloped over left shoulder, in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.56 g
Reverse: IVNONI REGINAE: Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and scepter in left hand; at left, peacock
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.06 g
CNG seems confident in a tighter date range than RIC which puts it at 161-176 AD.
Reverse: TR P XXXIII IMP X COS III P P: Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, holding two corn-ears (or poppy, or branch); at her feet, snake coiled round altar
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.74 g
Reverse: VENVS VICTRIX: Venus, draped with right breast bare, standing facing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and resting left hand on shield on top of helmet set on ground
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.66 g
Reverse: AVG PIVS P M TR P COS DES II, Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding up caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.24 g
Reverse: CONCORDIAE, Antoninus, togate, standing right, holding roll in left hand and clasping right hands with Faustina I, who stands left, veiled, draped, scepter in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.11 g
Reverse: AETERNITAS, Throne, draped and ornamented, against which rests transverse scepter, pointing up right: in front, peacock standing right
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.08 g
Reverse: AETERNITAS, Aeternitas, draped, standing left, holding phoenix on extended right hand and raising fold of skirt with left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.56 g
RIC dates to after 140 AD, but CNG dates to 146-161, supposedly the Aeternitas issues were struck years later in commemoration of her divinity.
Reverse: CONCORDIA, Clasped right hands
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 1.85 g
RIC dates to her tenure as Augusta, CNG and other auction houses propose a tighter date range but no explanation as to why.
Reverse: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Ares (or Protesilaos) advancing left, holding shield
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Reverse: AVGVSTA, Vesta standing facing, head left, holding palladium in right hand, and scepter in left; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 25.3 g
RIC dates to 141 AD, various auction houses use various dates during Pius's reign, as it isn't the Aeternitas issue supposedly struck 10 years after her death, and Pius had coins struck in her name all the way up to his death, I think all we can say is it was stuck sometime between her deification and his death.
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; LON in exergue
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 9.79 g
This coin came from the ‘Rauceby hoard’ that was uncovered on 9th July 2017 by two metal detectorists in Lincolnshire, UK. Interestingly, the pot that the coins were found in was buried in the centre of a large oval pit that had been lined with quarried limestone. The pot appeared to have been carefully placed onto the limestone base, and then packed all around with additional pieces of limestone all the way to the top of the pit. The Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) in Lincolnshire at the time (Dr Adam Daubney) has described this as being evidence of so-called ‘ritual’ hoarding, where the coins were used as part of a ceremonial or votive offering. The majority of the coins in the hoard cover the rule of the first tetrarchy of Diocletian/Maximian as Augusti and Constantius/Galerius as Caesars. The hoard ends with the second and third tetrarchies and does not contain any coins of Constantine I issued after he was elevated to the rank of Augustus in December 307. Therefore this would date the burial of the hoard to around AD 307. There are similarities between the Rauceby hoard and the Wold Newton hoard that was discovered near York and was deposited at a similar time. It has been said that both hoards could possibly be tied to the ascension of Constantine as Emperor in York around 307. The British Museum catalogued the coins and disclaimed 2,734 of these in January 2020. This coin was one of 14 LON coins in the hoard (of which the British Museum kept three) and one of five Diocletian LON coins. It weighed 10.77g prior to being cleaned. It is hoped that the British Museum will publish a catalogue of the coins in the near future. For further details & images of the hoard in situ go to: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/55136
Reverse: +XP'C • VIИCIT • XP'C • RЄGNAT • XP'C • IMPЄRAT (rosette stops), cross tréflée and feuillue; in center of cross, • within quadrilobe; all within quadrilobe, trefoil fleurée at end of each arc; trilobe in spandrels.
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 3.76 g
Provenance: Triton XXV Session 5 (25 January 2022), lot 455.
Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields; to left, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined scepter; Θ on amphora, HP below; all within wreath.
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 16.46 g
Provenance: Triton XXV Session 5 (25 January 2022), lot 75.