Title
Coin: sestertius of Antoninus Pius
Date
160-161 CE
Creator
Unknown (Roman)
Roman
Coverage
Style/Period: Early Empire
Discovery Site: Minted in Rome, Italy
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
coins and medals
Format
Materials/Techniques: orichalcum: struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 28 to 31 mm, 23.180 grams
Description
Obverse legend: ANTONINVS AVG(ustus) PIVS P(ater) P(atriae) TR(ibunicia) P(otestate) XXIIII, translation: Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of the country, with tribunician power for the twenty-fourth time; laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right. Reverse legend: PIETATI AVG(usti) CO(n)S(ul) IIII S(enatus) C(onsulto), translation: To the piety of Augustus, consul three times, by decree of the senate; Pietas standing facing left, holding a child on each arm, a child stands on each side of her, at her feet, facing left and right towards her. RIC III, p. 154, no. 1045.
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 995.27.21
Record: UO-MCA-995-27-21
Source
Cataloguer: Clemency Robinson, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Niġel Klemenčič-Puglisevich
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee