RS79611. Silver denarius, RIC IV 293d; Cohen IV 389; BMCRE V p. 465, 194; SRCV II 6848, Hunter III -,
Choice EF, superb portrait, centering and strike, lustrous, tiny edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.157g, maximum diameter 19.9mm, die axis 180
o, 217 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right; reverse P M TR P XX COS IIII P P (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power for 20 years, consul for the 4th time, father of the country), Sol standing slightly left, radiate head left, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand commanding sunrise, whip in left hand;
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