American Numismatic Society: Silver Denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 139

Weight (in gr.): 3.5
Diameter (in mm): 17

Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA - Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved in several loops round head and drawn up and coiled on top.

Reverse: VESTA - Vesta, veiled, draped, seated, left, holding palladium in right hand and sceptre in left

Date Range: AD 139 - AD 141
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: Faustina the Elder
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Reverse
- Deity: Vesta

Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 342A
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
Reference: BMC 145+

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Silver Denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 139 - AD 141 1956.127.539