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  Someone told me this is him but is this really Antoninus Pius ? could it be mis ID-ed? Cheers!
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Not THE Antoninus Pius.
Two additional emperors were named Antoninus Pius. The first was Caracalla, thus named for political reasons because his father Septimius Severus was the first to firmly establish himself after the death of Commodus.
The second was Elagabalus; Caracalla's cousin's son. His real name was Bassianus, but he was renamed Antoninus Pius to increase acceptance of the false rumor that he was the late emperor's illegitimate child.
I think your coin is a young Caracalla.
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Good job!I had a feeling it wasnt Antoninius Pius. The portrait didnt look right. I cant find any Caracalla with a seated right reverse I did look at Elagabalus.. and I did see many with those reverses http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...balus/t.htmlCould it be Elagabalus instead? Cheers.
Edited by Coinnewbie3 05/26/2018 5:25 pm
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PONTIF TR P X COS II, Securitas seated propping up head on right hand and holding scepter, in front of her is an altar. RIC IVi, 92
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Wow maridvnvm, Nice grab ,bro! Thank you so much!!!
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Coinnewbie3 - Nice clear photos, but they'd really benefit from cropping before posting. The optimizer "app" on his website allows you to accomplish this rather easily.
Colligo ergo sum
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I am not really happy about it being authentic, about 75% sure that it isn't. Surface texture consistent with casting, and the style around the mouth area all wrong.
I suspect that if you looked into the radial edge cracks with a 10X loupe, you would find them filled with black stuff, which would prevent proper checking for tensile metal distress within those cracks.
I sure hope that I am wrong, but I still feel uneasy.
I will check my copy of R.I.C. for type later, but I will start off down the Caracalla path.
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Better pictures with edge as well. Leaning much more towards genuine. R.I.C. 92
Edited by sel_69l 05/28/2018 12:31 am
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@cn3, just a small thing, but you definitely shouldn't hold your coins with metal tweezers. I'm sure that you are very careful, but I'm worried that you'll accidentally scratch your coin.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz
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