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Roman Coin ID - Antoninvs Pius?

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 Posted 01/18/2011  9:33 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add John Paul to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello,
I was given this roman coin as gift! Can anyone help to ID it:

Obverse:


Roman-Coin-ID---Antoninvs-Pius?

Reverse:

Roman-Coin-ID---Antoninvs-Pius?

I believe that the obverse legend is:
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS ?

According to my good friend the wikipedia, Antoninus Pius was emperor from 138 to 161 (CE or AD or whatever you say now).

I can't make out the legend on the back - is it Minerva? Ceres?

Any information on this coin is much appreciated. Thanks.



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 Posted 01/18/2011  10:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There were three emperors who were named "Antoninus Pius" on their coins. Rather than calling them "Antoninus Pius I, II and III", the emperors are known to history as Antoninus Pius, Caracalla and Elagabalus. The obverse legend "IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG" is only known on the coins of Elagabalus. The reverse type is the emperor himself standing offering a sacrifice over a small altar. Wildwinds page.

Unlike many ancient Roman coins, this one can be dated to within a year: the reverse inscription reads "PM TRP IIII COS III PP". The fourth year of tribunician power of Elagabalus was in 221 AD.
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 Posted 01/20/2011  9:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John Paul to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Sap! I was going nuts trying to find this on the Antoninus Pius coins on Ancient Forvm. It never occurred to me that more than one emperor was called that.

John Paul
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