1950.78.5: Denarius of Antoninus Pius
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1950.78.5
- People
-
Antoninus Pius, Roman (r. 138 - 161 CE)
- Title
- Denarius of Antoninus Pius
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 154-155 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/196850
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.28 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XVIII
- inscription: reverse: [C]OS IIII
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III, Class of 1947
- Accession Year
- 1950
- Object Number
- 1950.78.5
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- obverse: Head, laureate, r.; reverse: Fortuna, draped, standing r., holding rudder vertically on globe in r. hand, and cornucopiae w/ tip turned from body in l.
Verification Level
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