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Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Aureus, 7.08g (6h). Rome, 145 AD. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P COS IIII Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: LIB IIII in exergue, Antoninus presiding at his Fourth Largesse. The emperor, togate, sits left on curule chair on platform, extending right hand and holding roll in left. Before him on the platform, Liberalitas standing left holding coin counter and cornucopia; on ground before platform, citizen standing right, holding out fold of toga to receive coins. BM 546. Calicó 1572. Strack 149. Bust variety of Cohen 496 (100 Fr.) and RIC 141. Elaborate historical reverse type, rare in this condition. Mint State
The Ostian Fasti record that this largesse to the Roman people was in the amount of 90 denarii per citizen and took place in spring 145, soon after the wedding of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II. Without specifically mentioning the largesse, the Historia Augusta states that Antoninus fully celebrated the wedding of his daughter and adopted son, even to the point of distributing a donative to the soldiers. See Strack, pp. 109 and 131
The Ostian Fasti record that this largesse to the Roman people was in the amount of 90 denarii per citizen and took place in spring 145, soon after the wedding of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II. Without specifically mentioning the largesse, the Historia Augusta states that Antoninus fully celebrated the wedding of his daughter and adopted son, even to the point of distributing a donative to the soldiers. See Strack, pp. 109 and 131