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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.225
People
Antoninus Pius, Roman (r. 138 - 161 CE)
Title
Sestertius 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, Middle
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196899

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
24.9 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
sestertius
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP
  • inscription: reverse: TR POT XIIII COS IIII
    [A]NNONA AVG in exergue
    SC in l. and r. fields

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.176.225
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
obverse: Head, laureate, r.
reverse: Annona, draped, seated l. on low seat, holding two corn-ears in extended r. hand over modius, w/ corn-ears, l., and cornucopiae in l. hand

Verification Level

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