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RIC III Antoninus Pius 981

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 981, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 157–158 AD. Obverse: head of antoninus pius, laureate, sometimes draped on left shoulder, right. Reverse: annona, draped, standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius with corn-ears, left and rudder, nearly vertical, on prow in left. Weight about 23.1 g, diameter 22.0 mm.
obverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 981
obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, sometimes draped on left shoulder, right
reverse RIC III Antoninus Pius 981
reverse: Annona, draped, standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius with corn-ears, left and rudder, nearly vertical, on prow in left
mint Rome weight 23.12g (8)
ruler Antoninus Pius diameter ⌀22.0 (7)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (8)
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 IMP II
reverse

Annona, draped, standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius with corn-ears, left and rudder, nearly vertical, on prow in left

TR POT XXI COS IIII S C
specimens (9)
KENOM 21.60g ⌀30.4 6↕
RIC III Antoninus Pius 981, artic
Art Institute of Chicago ⌀33.0
Portable Antiquities Scheme 22.20g ⌀29.0 12↕
British Museum 23.48g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
KENOM — Freiberg 19.29g 6↕
KENOM — Freiberg 21.88g 12↕
British Museum 25.47g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Antoninus Pius 981 (ric.3.ant.981), 157–158 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-antoninus-pius-981/ (accessed: 2026-08-24). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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