Dupondius of Antoninus Pius (138 – 161 AD)

Description

Obverse head to the right, ANTONINUS AUG(ustus) PIUS P(ater) P(atriae) TR(ibunicia) P(otestate) XXIII.

Reverse PIETATI AUG(ustae) CO(n)S(ulis) IIII . Draped Pietas, standing to the left, holds the terrestrial globe in his outstretched right hand and a child on his left arm. To her left and right a small child; both have raised their right hands. In the field to the right and left of it S(enatus) C(onsultum).

Dupondius, brass, diameter 27 mm, minted in Rome between 159 and 160 AD.