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Sestertius with bust of Antoninus Pius

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 151–152
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 34 mm. Weight: 27.35 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the Name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1982.604
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.
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Reverse: Togate emperor seated left, globe on right hand, roll in left. Victory flies to left to crown him.
TRPOTXV COSIIII in field: S C

ProvenanceBy date unknown: Henry Platt Hall Collection; by 1950: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London W 1 (auction of the Hall Collection, part II, November 16-17, 20-21, 1950, lot 1468, partial); by date unknown in the 1950s: Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift to MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule, November 17, 1982