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RIC III Antoninus Pius 638

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 638, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 140–144 AD. Obverse: head of antoninus pius, laureate, right. Reverse: salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and resting left arm on throne. Weight about 24.0 g, diameter 32.0 mm.
obverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 638
obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right
reverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 638
reverse: Salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and resting left arm on throne
mint Rome weight 24.00g (4)
ruler Antoninus Pius diameter ⌀32.0 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 10↕ (3)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III
reverse

Salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and resting left arm on throne

SALVS PVBLICA S C
specimens (5)
British Museum 22.71g 5↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 22.76g ⌀32.5
British Museum 26.42g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 638 (ric.3.ant.638), 140–144 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-antoninus-pius-638/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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