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CCE Signature Sale 3064 20-21 Apr 2018
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Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). AV aureus (20mm, 7.54 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, AD 147. ANTONINVS-AVG PIVS P P, bare-headed, cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius right, seen from behind / TR PO-T COS IIII, Roma enthroned left, palladium in right hand, spear in left; shield set on ground at side. RIC III, 147. Calicó 1654a. Pristine cartwheel surfaces with incredible eye-appeal.
Ex. NFA Auction (21 March 1975), Lot 341.
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: 5000-7500 USD
Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). AV aureus (20mm, 7.54 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, AD 147. ANTONINVS-AVG PIVS P P, bare-headed, cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius right, seen from behind / TR PO-T COS IIII, Roma enthroned left, palladium in right hand, spear in left; shield set on ground at side. RIC III, 147. Calicó 1654a. Pristine cartwheel surfaces with incredible eye-appeal.
Ex. NFA Auction (21 March 1975), Lot 341.
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: 5000-7500 USD