RIC III Antoninus Pius 979A
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC III Antoninus Pius 979A. 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
- Roma, helmeted, seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory, left arms on parazonium; behind, shield
- Obverse legend
- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II
- Reverse legend
- TR POT XXI COS IIII S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.3.ant.979A
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