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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Antoninus Pius| > RS84421
Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D.
|Antoninus| |Pius|, |Antoninus| |Pius,| |August| |138| |-| |7| |March| |161| |A.D.|, When the young heir Aelius suddenly died on 1 January 138 A.D., the aged Hadrian selected Antoninus, a distinguished senator, as the new heir. Since Antoninus was already 52-year-old, Hadrian also selected heirs for Antoninus himself: his 17-year-old nephew Marcus Aurelius and the 8-year-old son of the late Aelius, Lucius Verus.
RS84421. Silver denarius, RIC II H450, RSC II 1061, BMCRE IV H1010, Strack II H408, Hunter II -, SRCV II -, Choice VF, well centered and struck, die wear with strong flow lines, edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.290g, maximum diameter 19.8mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, 25 Feb - 10 Jul 138 A.D.; obverse IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS, bare head right; reverse TRIB POT COS, Pietas standing left, veiled and draped, patera in extended right hand, double cornucopia in left hand; ; SOLD











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