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Sestertius with bust of Antoninus Pius
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 140–144
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 34 mm. Weight: 29.50 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.454
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.
ANTONINVSAVGPI VSPPTRPCOSIII
Reverse: Temple of ten columns, on roof of which Roma is enthroned flanked left and right by two small figures. Standing Victory (?) diademed (?) at each end of roof. In pediment, standing and recumbent figures.
ROMAE AETERNAE SC (in exergue)
ANTONINVSAVGPI VSPPTRPCOSIII
Reverse: Temple of ten columns, on roof of which Roma is enthroned flanked left and right by two small figures. Standing Victory (?) diademed (?) at each end of roof. In pediment, standing and recumbent figures.
ROMAE AETERNAE SC (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1949: with Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, St. James's Streeet, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection, sold by order of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, May 30-31, 1949, lot 172); by 1965: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 1-11 John Adam Street, The Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., April 14, 1965