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- Co 1255 (Early Roman sestertius of Antoninus Pius from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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138
- Not before (date)
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138
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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RIC III Antoninus Pius 520a, p. 96
- Preservation comment
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Wear: G/P. Minor marginal chipping and nicking and surficial scratching. Irregular fissures and craters across reverse face: flaws in flan?
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 30, no. 301 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Antoninus Pius, Uncertain, Roman, Sestertius”)
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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Sestertius
- Numismatic Authority
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Antoninus Pius (138-161)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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31.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Rome
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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20.67
- Obverse Description
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Laureate head of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
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[IMP T AEL] CAES HADR AN|TONINV[S AVG PIVS]
- Reverse Description
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Annona standing left, holding two corn ears in right hand over modius and cornucopia in left arm
- Reverse Inscription
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[P M TR POT COS DES II]; to left and right, S – C (traces)
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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