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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.213
People
Antoninus Pius, Roman (r. 138 - 161 CE)
Title
Sestertius of Antoninus Pius
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
139 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196941

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
25.25 g
Die Axis
5
Denomination
sestertius

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.176.213
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head, laureate, r.
Reverse: Pax, draped, standing l., holding branch downwards in r. hand and cornucopiae in l.

Verification Level

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