Ancient Coins: Antoninus Pius

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Right at the middle of Rome´s golden age, a caretaker reigned over 23 years of prosperity and peace, protecting the citizens of his Empire with a firm, but gentle hand. Erudite, calm, competent and just, Antoninus Pius became the reference of a "Good Guy", a "Good Emperor" and the reference dozens of kings and princes would try to emulate throughout history.
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@bigmoney1250 2 года назад

History is kind to the just rulers. By all accounts Antoninus was a man of high integrity. Many of his policies were very libertarian for the era. He was incredibly frugal and cut waste in government which allowed the empire to run huge budget surpluses, he seperated his personal wealth from the imperial treasury, he freed slaves and supported the enfranchisement of freedmen, he reformed the law to presume innocence until proven guilty on trial. Antoninus was far ahead of his time.

@s9915600g 2 года назад

Amazing video once again, a very pristine Pius happens to be my first coin! Great conditions and prices to be found given the prosperity and vast numbers his denarii were minted.

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

Pius is probably the best introductory coin to the Denarius denomination, as well as for a set of the 5 good emperors :)

@jakedavies4469 Год назад

My favorite coin is Antoninus Pius wearing the laurel crown with a young curly haired Marcus Aurelius on the obverse. The art style on the coins of his reign are spectacular!

@jonrmartin Год назад

Somehow, someway my collection has started to lean heavily towards Antoninus Pius and he's quickly become my favorite emperor because of it. Your channel probably has more information about him than I've seen in full documentaries because he's usually just lumped in with the rest of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty as a side note which is a shame because the guy had the longest reign of all the 5 "good emperors" and his time was probably one of the best to be a Roman... in Rome and the Empire as a whole. Great video C.N., love your channel, man.

@BopWalk 2 года назад

One of my favorite emporers. I had to make sure I got nice sharp examples for Antoninus Pius denaris. The reverse is of Concordia.

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

Thats the great thing about Antoninus. Some collectors might not be able to afford a nice and sharp Marcus Aurelius, or Trajan, but they can always count on finding a great-looking Antoninus for a fair price!

@isabelcrb 2 года назад

My first denarius was an Antoninus! I love it, its still in my collection.

@Belowbluewaterdiver 2 года назад

A very rare good man that held high power for decades and not be corrupted from it. Great video, great coins! Pius is next after I finish my Aurelian series

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

Ohh the Ilyrians! Thats another really cool niche of numismatics. There should be a video about them soon :)

@davidgrove481 Год назад

BY FAR...my very favorite channel on ancients!!! Please keep doing what you're doing!!! Your kind demeanor without a trace of arrogance, along with your educational delivery is soooo appealing ;) Thank you!!!

@prashaantbohra3430 2 года назад

Your channel is severely underrated! I recently bought a denarius of Antoninus Pius, got it slabbed and graded by NGC Ancients and it looks amazing.

@mateuszburchard623 Месяц назад

I love this channel.Great job!

@bryankohn8545 2 года назад

Great video. I even have a couple of these coins in my inventory currently. Imagine being a Roman living during his reign, and potentially living to the issues of Commodus' reign

@grant1863 2 года назад

This could be an expensive channel to watch. Picked up a Faustina I denarius (and several other ancients) this weekend at the monthly coin show primarily because of your excellent presentation video. Enjoy watching the channel.

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

Fortunately, this is a very "financially intelligent" hobby ;)

@qopiqq3629 2 года назад

Wait, its possible to acquire actual Roman coins? How?

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

@@qopiqq3629 I have an entire playlist on how to purchase the read deal and get started, have a look at my channel page! :)

@qopiqq3629 2 года назад

@@ClassicalNumismatics thats amazing? I'll check it out :D

@briank7936 2 месяца назад

I just got my first Antonius Pius. A nice MS RIC III Ant Pius 290A. (I think. It was listed as a BMC 943 bust variety and I dont have that book to look it up) I Had to decide to post this here or on your video on Roman Temples on coins. It is going to take me decades to build a nice Roman collection. So many to choose from too. I also have to try not to get sidetracked on all of the nice Greek coins. Maybe I wont try that hard. haha. They are very attractive coins.

@Matts_Ancient_Coins 2 месяца назад

I just wrote an essay on him, wish I watched this first, well done!

@romaetimperator 10 месяцев назад

one of the best channels i came across! thank you❤

@user-pn6sg7jl7g 4 месяца назад

Superb Latin pronunciation! Well done!

@danitorres5274 2 года назад

Muy buen video! Llevo unos meses en la numismática romana y la verdad que aprendo un montón viéndote. Un saludo y mucho ánimo con los próximos videos.

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

Me alegra mucho Dani! Siempre que tengas una pregunta, mandamela en los comentario que intentare ayudarte. Un saludo!

@briefhistory_ 2 года назад

Hello From Romania! I Like your colection!

@davidpowell6098 10 месяцев назад

He is supposed to have built a villa not far from my home, I live a short distance from Chester (Deva), the villa was at a place called Vari. The Welsh name is Bodfari. The single F in Welsh, is pronounced as a V.

@josephzac4346 2 года назад

I would love to see a video about roman medallions. I always loved them and you talking about it would be nice for sure. Btw.: very good video. Keep up the good work.

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

Thanks Joseph! Getting my hands on one is the real challenge, but definitely, if I have the opportunity, I'll make one. They are fascinating pieces, I particularly like the ones from the late empire.

@sergehorion7155 2 года назад

I own a sestercius of Marcus Aurelius from his late years as emperor. The reverse shows him crossing the river Danube on a bridge made out of boats. This coin is supposedly rated R3 but I failed to find any more information about this coinage on internet (only one coin is visible which was sold some time ago and another coin was said to be into the collections of the British Museum). If you have access to better information than I am, I would be delighted to hear any more detail from you. Happy new year, from France.

@aka99 2 года назад

Amazing video you do everytime! May i ask how many roman coins do you have by now in your collection?

@HuntersExplorers 2 года назад

Bravo Amico... ottimo video 👍👍🇬🇷🇮🇹

@user-nt9wq1rv8j 2 года назад

Thanks ! Very interesting ! I am also interested in the coins of ancient Rome found in my country.

@jmafgfp 2 года назад

How do you make the sketches of the obverse and reverse of the coins? Do you draw them yourself? I think they are really great! They really help you see the design and words on the coins and they are done so well!

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

Thanks, Im glad you like them :) I make all of these drawings myself with vectors

@AndrejBk 2 года назад

my only 3 roman denars are from him - 2x he and one diva Faustina senior

@asheland_numismatics 2 года назад

I have Faustina the elder and younger examples.

@pauloem71 25 дней назад

I have one of his dupondio.

@eduev7262 10 месяцев назад

,, 👍👏👏👏👏❤Bravo!!!

@thatoneguy7191 2 года назад

I recently got an As with Marcus Aurelius on it, thinking it was one of his coins, but it turned out it was actually an Antoninus coin depicting Marcus as Caesar! I used to think the position of a Caesar was synonymous with that of an Augustus but it seems like a Caesar is an heir to the throne right?

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

The names can be confusing, because the terminology itself was confusing to begin with. The tradition was created by Augustus, previously Octavian. He wanted to be connected to Julius Caesar's image as much as possible, so he came up with the Title Augustus, or "the illustrious one", as the primary title of the Emperor himself, and Caesar as a position for the heir designated by said Augustus. As with anything related to Rome, its complicated, as you can see many people who were at first heir, so Caesars, ascend to the throne and choose to keep the "Caesar" apart from also adding the "Augustus". But the rule is applicable. Caesar, Heir. Augustus, Emperor.

@jessefisher1809 2 года назад

I have a sestertius minted under commodus that has a bust of marcus aurelius with a legend that says 'antoninus pius' it sure does get confusing lol

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

It gets even worse with the Severans, as a lot of them were called Antoninus as well!

@aaaaaaaaaaa1275 2 года назад

Loved the video. Have you ever considered doing a video displaying your entire coin collection?

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

I prefer to show them little by little, this allows me to better explain each coin and the viewers to better appreciate them :)

@BoiseFreerunner 2 года назад

I have an Antonius Pius coin you did not show. It as the same obverse as the 149 coin, but a different reverse. The reverse depicts Fortuna holding a cornucopia. It also has I I I I but instead of C O S, it has C O L. What do I have?

@ClassicalNumismatics 2 года назад

Antoninus had a very long reign of 23 years, he struck a LOT of different coin designs. A video showing all of his issues would be a month long :) The only thing I can recommend is you look at my playlist for beginners, learn how to research coins online and try to find your coin.

@himanshichauhan9835 9 месяцев назад

I also have a coin but i can't understand the language written on it ?

@ClassicalNumismatics 9 месяцев назад

Sometimes the legends can be worn, its a matter of looking at similar examples that might have better legends and figuring out what is supposed to be there.