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RIC III Antoninus Pius 742

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 742, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 143–144 AD. Obverse: head of antoninus pius, laureate, sometimes draped on left shoulder, right. Reverse: britannia, bare-headed, seated, left on rock, holding standard in right hand and resting left elbow on round, spiked, shield set on helmet; a spear rests against her left arm. Weight about 24.0 g, diameter 32.0 mm.
obverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 742
obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, sometimes draped on left shoulder, right
reverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 742
reverse: Britannia, bare-headed, seated, left on rock, holding standard in right hand and resting left elbow on round, spiked, shield set on helmet; a spear rests against her left arm
mint Rome weight 23.96g (4)
ruler Antoninus Pius diameter ⌀32.0 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 10↕ (4)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, sometimes draped on left shoulder, right

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III
reverse

Britannia, bare-headed, seated, left on rock, holding standard in right hand and resting left elbow on round, spiked, shield set on helmet; a spear rests against her left arm

BRITANNIA S C
specimens (6)
British Museum 26.78g 5↕
British Museum (RIC III)
American Numismatic Society 25.17g ⌀32.0 12↕
American Numismatic Society 20.57g ⌀32.0 12↕
British Museum 23.32g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 742 (ric.3.ant.742), 143–144 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-antoninus-pius-742/ (accessed: 2026-10-31). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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