I MISSED THIS ANTONINUS PIUS….

[Ocatarinetabellatchitchix]

 

Damn it was on my watch list, but I completely forgot it ! Anyway it sold for more than I could afford: estimation between 600,000-900,000 GBP, hammer price at 7,717,000 GBP… Very big for a Roman bust: 38 inches of height. Found at Pozzuoli Raffaelle Barone, Naples. Description of Sothebys: monumental in size, the emperor with his head turned to his left, his mature face with thoughtful countenance, full beard and moustache, deep-set eyes with incised irises and dotted pupils, and incised eyebrows, his thick hair radiating from the crown in long wavy locks and massed in rich deeply drilled and unruly voluted curls around the forehead and temples, and wearing a tunic, cuirass, and paludamentum fastened with a circular brooch on the right shoulder, the fringed hem of the cloak falling in zigzag folds from the left shoulder, the entire bust and its socle carved in one piece; head repaired at the neck, the nose, chin, and right eyebrow restored.

The closest I can present you is this Antoninus Pius As RIC 728, 27mm 9.7g. It is the wildwinds « plate coin ». Please show me your examples of this Emperor !

 

 

[Octavius]

 7.7 million pounds for a broken bust that's glued back together! I should sell that old lamp in my basement.

Here are five sestertii of Antoninus . My favorite are the triumphal chariot reverse and Antoninus as  Sol.

 

Lastly an As with two crossed cornucopiae...

 

[happy_collector]

A sestertius of the emperor. 

[Prieure de Sion]

8 hours ago, Ocatarinetabellatchitchix said:

Please show me your examples of this Emperor !

 

Antoninus Pius as Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius

Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 140/144 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 33mm; Weight: 26.22g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 597a, Sear 4147; Provenance: Ex UBS Auction No. 82, Lot 0312, 20-22 Jan. 2009; Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III for Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium (Antoninus Pius, Augustus father of the nation, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time); Reverse: Annona, draped, standing right, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius and corn-ears and cornucopiae in left; at feet right, prow right. The Inscription reads: ANNONA AVG S C for Annona Augusti. Senatus Consultum (Imperial grain supply. Decree of the senate).

 

 

[Limes]

I stopped bidding at 300 euro's, would have gone to 400 had it been in better condition, but the fact that the nose was repaired was a no for me. 

Here are all of mine AP coins:

[ambr0zie]

A little over my price range. But I can save for 350-400 years and might get an example.

Here are my favorite Pius coins

 

[ominus1]

10 hours ago, Octavius said:

7.7 million pounds for a broken bust that's glued back together   i should sell that old lamp in my basement

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by ominus1

[ominus1]

...i caught myself bumming out over a couple of coins i missed this year....then i thought, 'hey, i better rejoice in the 22 i got 😄

[Spaniard]

Wow!...

Here's my bargain basements!

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by Spaniard

[robinjojo]

Nice coins posted!

That's a very impressive marble bust.  If I owned it, I would have to add an addition to the house just to accommodate it. 

I'll stick to coins.

Antoninus Pius, sestertius, 156-57 AD , Rome, Anona Standing.

RIC 980 Rome

25.4 grams

10 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said:

 

Antoninus Pius as Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius

Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 140/144 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 33mm; Weight: 26.22g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 597a, Sear 4147; Provenance: Ex UBS Auction No. 82, Lot 0312, 20-22 Jan. 2009; Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III for Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium (Antoninus Pius, Augustus father of the nation, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time); Reverse: Annona, draped, standing right, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius and corn-ears and cornucopiae in left; at feet right, prow right. The Inscription reads: ANNONA AVG S C for Annona Augusti. Senatus Consultum (Imperial grain supply. Decree of the senate).

 

 

Prieure de Sion, that is a particularly beautiful sestertius!