Coin: ar denarius
- Museum number:
- 8-5497
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080005497
- Accession number:
- Acc.895
- Description:
- Coin; AR; Denarius; Roman. 3.23 grams, 19 mm. Antoninus Pius, 148-149 AD. Obverse: ANTONINUS AUG PIUS PP TR P XII, head of Antoninus r. laureate. Reverse: COS IIII, Aequitas, draped, standing l. holding scales and cornucopiae.
- Donor:
- University of California Library
- Collection place:
- Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
- Production place:
- Rome (ancient city)
- Culture or time period:
- Nerva–Antonine Dynasty (96–192 AD)
- Collector:
- Benjamin Ide Wheeler
- Materials:
- Silver (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Aequitas (Roman deity) and Antoninus Pius (Emperor of Rome)
- Inscription:
- ANTONINUS AUG PIUS PP TR P XII and COS III
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money) and Denarii
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 148-149 AD
- Accession date:
- 1946
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- linear 19 millimeters and weight 3.23 grams
- Images:
- Legacy documentation: