Help Found This Old Roman Coin Many Years Ago!

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msvgarage New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 9:04 pm I found this coin many years ago in an old box of firewood. From the piece of paper that is with it there is a date range of 138 ad to 161 ad from Rome. The coin appears to be gold and is very heavy for its size. I have looked online and have not found a coin like it just some that are close. Any info would help as I am looking to sell this coin and don't want to be taken!! Thanks Identified - moved to Ancients forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 9:14 pm to the community The Roman empire lasted for 1000 years and there were over 200 emperors during that time period. So we are really going to need to see a picture of the coin to ID it. Report this Post to the Staff
msvgarage New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 9:14 pm http://www.flickr.com/photos/934821.../photostream Report this Post to the Staff
msvgarage New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 9:15 pm sorry was having trouble uploading pictures so I just attached the links. http://www.flickr.com/photos/934821.../photostream Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/03/2013 9:20 pm Your coin appears to be an AS of the Roman emperor Antoninius Pius 138-161 AD. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 04/06/2013 01:26 am Some things to clarify: first, the coin is not gold. If the metal is a yellowish colour, then it is made of orichalcum, a fancy Roman name for brass. We can be sure it is not gold because of the letters "S C" on either side of the standing figure on the reverse. These letters stand for "senatus consulto", meaning "by order of the Senate", and these letters only ever appear on base-betal (copper and orichalcum) coins. Second, the coin appears to have been rather harshly cleaned, probably by electrolysis. Some of the detail has been lost by this cleaning method. Finally, the denomination: in the reign of Antoninus Pius, the only coins being made out of orichalcum were the dupondius and the sestertius. There are two ways to tell which of these two your coin might be: size (sestertii are slightly larger, and the dupondius always shows the emperor wearing a spiky "radiate crown". The portrait on your coin is a bit fuzzy from the aforementioned cleaning, but I don;t see any radiate crown; therefore it's probably a sestertius. Unfortunately, I can't read enough of the reverse legend to ID the coin any further. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 04/06/2013 05:18 am Here you go: Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P (IMP II), laureate head right Rev: T R POT XXI COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding rudder on prow & corn ears over modius; S-C across fields. RIC 981, rated common. 157-158 AD You'll have to verify that the legends match. I'm pretty sure this is it though - legend matches positioning on the example shown and theres no other matching coin with a modius and a rudder - other coins with Modii have a prow/galley to the right. Report this Post to the Staff
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