RIC III Antoninus Pius 1388C
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC III Antoninus Pius 1388C. 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; band of pearls round head
- Reverse
- Venus, draped, standing, front, head left, holding up apple in extended right hand and resting left hand on rudder, set on ground, round which a dolphin is coiled.
- Obverse legend
- FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL
- Reverse legend
- VENVS S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.3.ant.1388C
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