RIC III Antoninus Pius 238, Denarius, Silver, struck at Rome, 154–155 AD. Obverse: head of antoninus pius, laureate, right. Reverse: vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted altar and holding palladium at shoulder in left. Weight about 3.0 g, diameter 17.8 mm.
obverse
Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII
reverse
Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted altar and holding palladium at shoulder in left
COS IIII
specimens (20)
British Museum
3.36g
12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum
3.90g
6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
2.30g
University of Valencia
2.60g
6↕
University of Valencia
3.10g
6↕
University of Valencia
2.91g
5↕
University of Valencia
3.34g
12↕
University of Valencia
2.90g
6↕
University of Valencia
3.73g
6↕
University of Valencia
3.00g
12↕
University of Valencia
3.12g
6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
2.84g
⌀17.2
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE)
3.23g
AFEGK
3.23g
British Museum
2.81g
6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum
2.76g
12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Cite this coin
RIC III Antoninus Pius 238 (ric.3.ant.238), 154–155 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-antoninus-pius-238/ (accessed: 2026-08-28). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA