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A silver denarius of the emperor Antoninus Pius with a reverse showing Vesta Coin Type: Silver denarius of Antoninus Pius, Caesar 138 CE, Augustus 138-161 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 154-155 CE.
Size and Weight: 16mm x 19mm, 3.29g
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P VIII
Laureate head right.
Reverse: COS IIII
Vesta standing left, sacrificing with patera over altar and holding Palladium in left arm.
Provenance: Zeuscoins (eBay), December 2008
Ref: RCV (2002) —; RIC III 238.
BW Ref: 025 053 134
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