American Numismatic Society: Bronze Coin of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 140

Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P left up, right down - Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right

Reverse: TR POT COS III above, left to right round edge/ small S - C left and right low in field, left - Mars, helmeted, naked but for cloak on right arm, holding spear in right hand and round shield in left, descending right through air to Rhea Silvia, who is asleep, reclining left, on the ground, right

Physical Description

Axis: 12
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 9.49
- Diameter (in mm): 25

Typological Description

Date Range: AD 140 - AD 144
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: As
Material: Bronze
Authority
- Authority: Antoninus Pius
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Antoninus Pius
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Reverse
- Deity: Mars

References

Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 694A
Reference: BMC 1370

Administrative History

Identifier: 1947.97.450
Department: Roman
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

Series: RIC.1.3

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Public Domain Mark (images)
Rights: No Copyright - United States

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Bronze Coin of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 140 - AD 144. 1947.97.450

Physical Description

Measurements

Typological Description

Authority

Geographic

Obverse

Reverse

References

Administrative History

Subjects

Rights

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