1942.176.217: Sestertius of Antoninus Pius
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.176.217
- People
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Antoninus Pius, Roman (r. 138 - 161 CE)
- Title
- Sestertius of Antoninus Pius
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 140-143 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/196948
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 29.17 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- sestertius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P
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inscription: reverse: M[ART]I VLTORI
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
- 1942.176.217
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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obverse: Head, laureate, r.
reverse: Mars, helmeted, in military dress, standing r., holding spear vertically in r. hand and resting l. on round shield set on ground
Verification Level
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