Preview
Creation Date
141–143
Geography
Minted in Rome
Culture
Roman
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
33 mm
0.9 oz. (25.72 g)
Credit Line
Purchase by the Department of Art History
Accession Number
2015.174.1
Condition
As of 12/2/24: This coin has a small crack in the bottom left edge of the obverse and the upper right edge of the reverse. The coin has oxidized on both sides, with the metal darkening noticeably in some areas -- the bottom of the obverse and the outer edges of the reverse in specific. The inscription on the obverse remains legible, while the letter inscription on the reverse has blurred into low relief. The reverse has some spots of green oxidization along the outer edges.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS
reverse: APOLLINI AVGVSTO S C
References
Mattingly, Harold and Sydenham, Edward A. 1930. The Roman Imperial Coinage III: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. London: Spink and Sons, no. 63a, p.33
Description
The obverse of this coin depicts a right facing bust wearing a laurel crown. On the reverse, Apollo stands facing, with his head left and holds a lyre in his left hand and a patera in his right hand.