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A silver coin of the emperor Antoninus Pius showing Pietas with a dish of fruit and a hind for sacrifice Coin Type: Silver denarius of Antoninus Pius, Caesar 138 CE, Augustus 138-161 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 151 CE.
Size and Weight: 19mm, 3.24g
Obverse: IMP CAES T AEL HADR AN-TONINVS AVG PIVS P P
Laureate head right.
Reverse: TR POT XV C-OS IIII
Pietas standing facing, head right, holding hind hanging in left hand behind and dish of fruit at shoulder height in front; altar on right.
Exergue: PIETAS
Provenance: Lodge Antiquities (Vcoins), August 2006
Ref: RIC 217
BW Ref: 016 024 085
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