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Object Type
Museum number: 1896,0608.26
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Bust of Antoninus, draped, head, bare, right. (obverse); Aeneas, in military dress with cloak, advancing right, carrying Anchises, veiled, draped, on left shoulder with left arm and with right arm leading Ascanius, wearing short tunic, cloak and Phrygian cap: Anchises holds cista in left hand, Ascanius holds pedum upright in right hand. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 140-144
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 20 millimetres (max); Weight: 7.180 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE4 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates. (237, p.36); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (596); RIC3 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 3: Antoninus Pius to Commodus (91, p.37) (type)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2019-2020 21 Nov-8 Mar, London, BM, SEG, Troy
Subjects: emperor/empress; deity; allegory/personification; mythical figure/creature
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Antoninus Pius; Representation of: Aeneas; Representation of: Anchises; Representation of: Ascanius
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1896
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1896,0608.26
C&M catalogue number: RE4 (36) (237)
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