RIC III Antoninus Pius 1379
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC III Antoninus Pius 1379. 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 Younger, draped, right, hair is elaborately dressed in horizontal lines with ringlets down front: it is coiled in a chignon on back of head.
- Reverse
- Pietas, diademed, draped, standing, front, head left, holding flower- bud up in right hand and cornucopiae in left: at her feet, left, a child.
- Obverse legend
- FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL
- Reverse legend
- PIETAS S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.3.ant.1379
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