Sestertius - Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder CONCORDIAE S C

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 140-144
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 20.8 g
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC III#601b, OCRE#ric.3.ant.601b
Obverse description Bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, draped, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III
(Translation: Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium. Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time.)
Reverse description Antoninus Pius standing, right holding Victory in left hand, clasping right hands with Faustina I, standing, left, holding vertical sceptre; between them, two small figures of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger, standing, right and left clasping hands over altar, right.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering CONCORDIAE S C
(Translation: Concordiae. Senatus Consultum. Of harmony. Decree of the senate.)
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Mintage ND (140-144) - -
Numisquare ID 4355238180
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