RIC III Antoninus Pius 778
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC III Antoninus Pius 778. 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
- Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right
- Reverse
- Mars, draped, naked but for cloak hanging behind him, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left
- Obverse legend
- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII
- Reverse legend
- S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.3.ant.778
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