Object numberCC59.2.0491
dupondius, Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius, 140-143 CE
Date140-143 CE
Emperor
Antoninus Pius
CultureRoman
MediumAes
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 2.63 cm, 11.4 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
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Not on viewPeriodRoman Empire
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The radiate head of Antoninus is turned towards the right, and ANTONINUS AUG PIUS P P TR P COS III is inscribed around.
ANTONINUS AUGUSTUS PIUS, PATER PATRIAE, TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE CONSUL III
ANTONINUS AUG PIUS P P TR P COS III
Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of the fatherland, with tribunician power, consul for the third time
A draped Salus is standing to the left. With her right hand, she is feeding a snake coiled wrapped around the altar out of the patera, and in her left hand she is holding a vertical sceptre. SALUS AUG is inscribed around, and S C is inscribed to the lef
SALUS AUGUSTA, SENATUS CONSULTO
SALUS AUG, S C
August Welfare. By decree of the senate.
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