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RIC III Antoninus Pius 1081

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 1081, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 138–141 AD. Obverse: bust of faustina the elder, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top.. Reverse: venus, draped, standing right, with right hand gathering up drapery from right shoulder and holding apple in left hand.. Weight about 25.0 g, diameter 33.2 mm.
obverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 1081
obverse: Bust of Faustina the Elder, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top.
reverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 1081
reverse: Venus, draped, standing right, with right hand gathering up drapery from right shoulder and holding apple in left hand.
mint Rome weight 25.00g (5)
ruler Antoninus Pius diameter ⌀33.2 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 10↕ (4)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Faustina the Elder, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top.

FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P
reverse

Venus, draped, standing right, with right hand gathering up drapery from right shoulder and holding apple in left hand.

VENERI AVGVSTAE S C
specimens (7)
British Museum 27.91g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 24.97g ⌀33.0
British Museum 22.56g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 23.14g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 1081 (ric.3.ant.1081), 138–141 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-antoninus-pius-1081/ (accessed: 2026-09-07). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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