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Lot 108. Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius, temple reverse
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eAuction #45, Lot 108. Estimate: CHF 120.00
Antoninius Pius (138-161 AD). Æ Sestertius (31-32 mm, 21.03 g). Rome, 141 AD.
Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head right.
Rev. ROMAE AETERNAE, pellet within decastyle temple set on three-tiered base; pediment decorated with statues; statues of Aeternitas as acroteria.
RIC III 622; BMCRE 1281; Cohen 699.
Rare. Fine to very fine.
The great temple of Venus and Rome, actually two temples that were back to back, the temple of Venus faced the Flavian ampitheatre and that of Rome overlooked the Forum, was designed by Hadrian himself. Construction began in 121 AD and and remained unfinished on Hadrian's death in 138 AD. Construction was finally completed in 141 AD under Antoninus Pius, the event celebrated by this coin.
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