Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 395 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$500 / Unsold: 
                  Available at opening bid of US$400 + 15% Buyers Fee 
                  Antoninus Pius. Silver enarius 



             



            Antoninus Pius. (138-161 AD). Silver enarius (3.26 gm). Rome, 159 
            AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG P P, laureate head right / AED DIVI AVG REST 
            COS IIII, temple of eight columns with standing statues before the 
            two outer columns, containing seated statues of Divus Augustus and 
            Diva Livia. BMCRE p. 74. Cohen 1 (20 Fr.). RIC 124. Rare: only two 
            specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Nealry mint state. 

            Coins like this one, mostly dated to Antoninus’ twenty-second 
            tribunician year, provide our only record that Antoninus restored 
            the Temple of Divus Augustus and Diva Livia in the Roman Forum in 
            159 AD. 




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