Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

157-158

Roman

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Emperor Antoninus Pius, laureate and facing to the right. On the back (reverse), the goddess Annona - the divine personification of the grain supply to the city of Rome- stands, head turned to the left, resting her left hand on an upright rudder. Her right hand holds ears of grain over a modius full of grain.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Artist: Ancient Roman
Title: Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius
Place: Roman Empire (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 157 CE–158 CE
Medium: Bronze
Inscriptions: Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II Reverse: TR POT XXI COS IIII S C
Dimensions: Diam.: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of William F. Dunham
Reference Number: 1920.875
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William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.

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