Sitting on Top of the World

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This Roman bronze is listed in Rulau's "Discovering America." Struck around the year 141, it features the deified wife of Antoninus Pius. It is not unusual for a globe to be featured on a Roman coin, but not so prominently.

SYRACUSIAN

Now I see, where some English copper minors got their inspiration from. The reverse is practically identical.

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