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Nomos 2

18 May 2010
Widder Hotel, Zürich
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Estimate: 9500 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 191

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 28.54 g 12), Rome, 145. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. COS III S C / LIBERALITAS / [AVG IIII ] Antoninus Pius seated on platform to left with, to left, Liberalitas standing left with abacus and cornucopiae and, to right, officer standing left; below left, togate citizen standing right with upraised hands. BMC 1688. Cohen 498. Hill 655. RIC 774. Strack 984. An attractive coin with a particularly detailed and well-preserved reverse. Greenish brown patina, extremely fine.


The reverse shows a donative scene, with the emperor giving alms to the citizens. These events had both a ritual and theatrical character - the figure of Liberalitas who stands next to the emperor is not a statue but an actual woman, dressed in the robes of the ‘goddess’.

Online bidding closes: 18 May 2010, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 14:00:39 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Unsold

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