The John Bargrave Collection
CANCA-B163-2-14-66-CP
Metal Type:silver
Issuing Authority:
Antoninus Pius (19 Sep 86-07 Mar 161)
Weight:1.97 g
Diameter:17.05 mm
Mint:Rome (Settlement)
Date:
154 CE - 155 CE
Denomination: denarius
Obverse Image Description:Bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.
Obverse Inscription:ANTONINVS AVG (PIVS P P TR P) XVIII
Reverse Image Description:A figure, possibly Vesta, veiled and draped, standing left holding a patera in left hand and possibly a simpulum in right.
Reverse Inscription:COS IIII
Attached People:
No People Attached To This Coin
Bibliographic Source(s):
The Roman Imperial Coinage: Volume III..., page: 55, No. 238, notes:
Other Links: numismatics.org/collection/1911.23.226 - American Numismatics Society
Notes:The coin is bronze with a silver wash and weighs less than others of this type. Possible early modern copy or ancient forgery.
Catalogue References
Li Ms E16c 66 Head of Antoninus,
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP XVIIII
Reverse a robed Figure standing
before an Altar, a Patera in
its right Hand a Trident in
it’s left
COS IIII
Casaubon
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d 64 66 Head of Antoninus Pius.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP. XVIIII
Reverse a robed Figure standing
before an altar: a patera in its
right Hand a Trident in its left.
COS IIII.
Casaubon
See Entry in Catalogue
Li Ms E16c 66 Head of Antoninus,
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP XVIIII
Reverse a robed Figure standing
before an Altar, a Patera in
its right Hand a Trident in
it’s left
COS IIII
Casaubon
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d 64 66 Head of Antoninus Pius.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP. XVIIII
Reverse a robed Figure standing
before an altar: a patera in its
right Hand a Trident in its left.
COS IIII.
Casaubon
See Entry in Catalogue