Catalog Reference
RIC III Antoninus Pius 517A (denarius)
Ruler
Antoninus Pius
Denomination
Denarius
Date
145 AD-161 AD
Mint
Rome
Metal
Silver
Weight
2.5g
Diameter
17mm
Die Axis
6 h
Portrait Type
bare
Manufacturing
struck

Obverse

FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL

Bust of Faustina the Younger, bare-headed, with hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, right

Reverse

VENVS

Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right hand and rudder set on dolphin, which coils round it, in left

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