American Numismatic Society: Silver Denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 154

Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII - Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate right

Reverse: COS IIII, left to right round edge - Vesta, veiled, draped, standing, left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted altar and holding palladium at shoulder in left

Physical Description

Axis: 6
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 3.22
- Diameter (in mm): 18

Typological Description

Date Range: AD 154 - AD 155
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: Antoninus Pius
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Reverse
- Deity: Vesta

Findspot Description

Findspot

Findspot: "Tell Kalak", Jordan, 1956

References

Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 238
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
Reference: BMC 829

Administrative History

Identifier: 1956.127.461
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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Silver Denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 154 - AD 155. 1956.127.461

Physical Description

Measurements

Typological Description

Authority

Geographic

Obverse

Reverse