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Extremely Fine Roman Empire Dupondius coin.
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Struck for Emperor Antoninus Pius at the Rome Mint 145 - 161 CE.
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RIC 807, 14.01g, approx. 25mm.
- NGC Certified to XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5 (Very high grade and subgrades for AE).
- Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS IIII, radiate head of emperor right.
- Reverse: S C, Mars advancing right holding spear and trophy of arms.
- Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter and he was the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman legions.
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