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RIC III Antoninus Pius 279B

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 279B, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 157–158 AD. Obverse: head of antoninus pius, bare, right. Reverse: salus, draped, standing right, feeding out of patera in left hand snake held in right hand. Weight about 5.8 g, diameter 18.1 mm.
obverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 279B
obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right
reverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 279B
reverse: Salus, draped, standing right, feeding out of patera in left hand snake held in right hand
mint Rome weight 5.84g (3)
ruler Antoninus Pius diameter ⌀18.1 (2)
denomination Aureus axis 6↕ (3)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II
reverse

Salus, draped, standing right, feeding out of patera in left hand snake held in right hand

TR POT XXI COS IIII
specimens (3)
KENOM 7.16g ⌀19.0 6↕
British Museum 7.26g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 279B (ric.3.ant.279B), 157–158 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-antoninus-pius-279b/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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