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

Weight (in gr.): 3.44
Diameter (in mm): 17.5

Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA - Bust of Faustina II, draped, right, head bare, hair is elaborately waved and fastened, in a bun, on back of head.

Reverse: AVGVSTI PII FIL - Venus, draped. standing, left, holding Victory on right hand and resting left on round shield set on helmet on ground.

Date Range: AD 145 - AD 161
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 Younger
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Reverse
- Deity: Venus
- Deity: Victory

Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 495A
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
Reference: BMC 1099

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Silver Coin of Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 145 - AD 161. 1956.127.930