004a Antoninus Pius Ops

Ruler: Antoninus Pius

Denomination: Sestertius

Obverse:   ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III; Laureate head right

Reverse:  OPI AVG Ops seated left, holding transverse sceptre and drawing up drapery with left hand, left elbow resting on throne; in exergue, S C.

Mint: Rome

Weight: 22,99 g

Diameter: 32,2 mm

Reference: RIC 612

Provenance:

Note: heavy, beutiful specimen with very attractive patina and with a very large diameter of 

Ops, Ops Consivia = staroitalska bogini włączona do religii Rzymian jako uosobienie obfitości, bóstwo urodzaju i dostatku, bogatych żniw i płodności ziemi, będące opiekunką rolnictwa.

Ops or Opis (Latin: "Plenty") was a fertility deity and earth goddess of Sabine origin. Her equivalent in Greek mythology was Rhea. In Ops's statues and coins, she is figured sitting down, as Chthonian deities normally are, and generally holds a scepter, or a corn spray and cornucopia. In Roman mythology the husband of Ops was Saturn.Ops is identified as Rhea in Greek mythology, whose husband was Cronus, the bountiful monarch of the golden age; Cronus was Rhea's brother.

Sammlung : 30 Roman Sestertii, asses and dupondii