Silver Denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 141 1956.127.706

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

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Reverse: CERES - Ceres, veiled, draped, seated, left, holding corn-ears in extended right hand and lighted torch, vertical, in left

Physical Description

Axis: 6
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 3.38
- Diameter (in mm): 15.5

Typological Description

Date: AD 141
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Denarius
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Antoninus Pius
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Faustina the Elder
Reverse
- Deity: Ceres

Findspot Description

Findspot

Findspot: "Tell Kalak", Jordan, 1956

References

Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 379
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
Reference: BMC 465

Administrative History

Identifier: 1956.127.706
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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