RIC III Antoninus Pius 1079
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Record status
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Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC III Antoninus Pius 1079. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Antoninus Pius. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Faustina the Elder, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top.
- Reverse
- Throne, ornamented and draped: below, peacock, with tail spread, standing, front, head right, on cushion: on left, transverse sceptre leans against throne, tip upwards to right
- Obverse legend
- FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P
- Reverse legend
- IVNONI REGINAE S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.3.ant.1079
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