Coin: æ sestertius

Museum number:
8-5522
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005522
Accession number:
Acc.895
Description:
Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.
Donor:
University of California Library
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Nerva–Antonine Dynasty (96–192 AD)
Collector:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Antoninus Pius (Emperor of Rome) and Salus (Roman diety)
Inscription:
SALVS AVG, S C, and ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Sestertii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
140-144 AD
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 32 millimeters and weight 22.6 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ sestertius, accession number 8-5522, described as Coin; AE; Sestertius; Roman. 22.6 grams, 32 mm. Titus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus Pius, 140-144. Rome, Italy. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, bust r. laureate, draped. Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, draped, standing l.,cholding scepter, snake coiled around altar feeding out of Patera; in field, S C.

Tools