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Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). AV aureus (19mm, 7.04 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, light graffito. Rome mint. Struck AD 147. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head of Pius right / TR POT COS IIII, Roma seated left, holding palladium in right hand and spear in left; shield set on ground at side. RIC 147c. BMCRE 557. Calicó 1655. Very faint graffito in right reverse fields, otherwise pristine.
Roma, the female personification of Rome, was from Republican times shown as a tall woman in military garb, carrying a spear and shield. She incorporated aspects of Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, and her sister warrior goddess Minerva. The Palladium was an archaic wooden statue of Pallas Athena (Minerva's Greek guise) that was supposedly rescued from a burning temple in Troy by the hero Aeneas, and carried by him to Italy, eventually finding its way to the Temple of Vesta in Rome.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 4500-6000 USD
Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). AV aureus (19mm, 7.04 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, light graffito. Rome mint. Struck AD 147. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head of Pius right / TR POT COS IIII, Roma seated left, holding palladium in right hand and spear in left; shield set on ground at side. RIC 147c. BMCRE 557. Calicó 1655. Very faint graffito in right reverse fields, otherwise pristine.
Roma, the female personification of Rome, was from Republican times shown as a tall woman in military garb, carrying a spear and shield. She incorporated aspects of Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, and her sister warrior goddess Minerva. The Palladium was an archaic wooden statue of Pallas Athena (Minerva's Greek guise) that was supposedly rescued from a burning temple in Troy by the hero Aeneas, and carried by him to Italy, eventually finding its way to the Temple of Vesta in Rome.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 4500-6000 USD