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A silver coin of the emperor Antoninus Pius with a reverse showing the emperor taking vows over an altar Coin Type: Silver denarius of Antoninus Pius, Caesar 138 CE, Augustus 138-161 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 158 - 159 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm, 3.1g
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P
Laureate head right.
Reverse: VOTA SVSCE-PTA DEC III
Antoninus, togate, standing left and sacrificing over tripod altar.
Exergue: COS IIII
Provenance: Sayles and Lavender (Vcoins), October 2006
Ref: This combination of obverse and reverse is listed in RIC only for the aureus, RIC 156a.
BW Ref: 017 028 088
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