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RIC III Antoninus Pius 1153A

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 1153A, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 141–141 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, standing left, holding apple and resting on rudder round which dolphin coils. Weight about 11.7 g.
obverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 1153A
reverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 1153A
mint Rome weight 11.66g (1)
ruler Antoninus Pius diameter (0)
denomination Sestertius axis 12↕ (1)
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.

DIVA FAVSTINA
reverse

Venus, standing left, holding apple and resting on rudder round which dolphin coils

VENVS [S C?]
specimens (2)
British Museum 11.66g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 1153A (ric.3.ant.1153A), 141–141 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-antoninus-pius-1153a/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA