RIC III Antoninus Pius 1187a (as), As, 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: vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar left and holding long lighted torch, vertical, in left. Weight about 9.1 g, diameter 12.5 mm.
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
Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar left and holding long lighted torch, vertical, in left
CONSECRATIO S C
specimens (2)
KENOM — Freiberg
9.97g
6↕
SNM
8.25g
⌀25.0
6↕
Cite this coin
RIC III Antoninus Pius 1187a (as) (ric.3.ant.1187a_as), 141–141 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-antoninus-pius-1187a-as/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA