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Sestertius with bust of Antoninus Pius
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 151–152
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 33.5 mm. Weight: 26.51 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the Name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1982.606
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.
ANTONINVSAVG PIVSPPTRPXV
Reverse: Salus standing left, scepter in left hand, right hand holding patera to feed snake coiled around altar.
SA LVS A VGCOSIIII in field: S C
ANTONINVSAVG PIVSPPTRPXV
Reverse: Salus standing left, scepter in left hand, right hand holding patera to feed snake coiled around altar.
SA LVS A VGCOSIIII in field: S C
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Abbott Collection; by 1951: Spink-Glendining auction of the Abbott Collection, October 11, 1951, lot 459; by date unknown in the 1950s: Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule, November 17, 1982