American Numismatic Society: Silver Denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 145

Weight (in gr.): 3.46
Diameter (in mm): 18

Obverse: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F - Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right

Reverse: COS II - Spes, draped, advancing left, holding up bud of flower in right hand and with left hand catching up fold of drapery.

Date Range: AD 145 - AD 160
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Denarius
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Antoninus Pius
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Marcus Aurelius
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Reverse
- Deity: Spes

Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 431
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "A Roman Hoard from Cyprus," NC 7th set. 19 (1979) 25-34.
Reference: BMC 603

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Silver Denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 145 - AD 160 1911.23.278