Denarius
Antoninus Pius
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
158
Silver
Overall: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Weight: 3.4 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29333
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
On view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right Reverse: Octastyle temple with seated figures of Augustus and Livia within Obverse: Legend: ANTONINVSAVG PIVS PPTRPXXII; Type: laureate, bearded head (bust) facing right (beard almost worn away), diadem at back of head; eyes large (with pupil rendered large, forward-looking); nose straight if not slightly concave; lips well-defined; under beard below chin well-defined; small portion of shoulder visible; Border: dots Reverse: Legend: TEMPLVMDIVAVGREST (DIVi AVGusti RESTitutum); Exergue: COS III[I]; Type: temple with eight columns evenly spaced, with the two middle columns split further apart than the rest; roof triangular, with four marks over top angle; figure on either side of the roof; between the two middle columns are two tall figures; on top step in front of each outermost column is a standing human figure; Border: dots
Course History
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 18.01/HIST 94.06, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2022
Economics 22.01, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
Artifacts of the Roman Empire, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 18-November 5, 1990.
Money Talks: Roman Coinage in Global, Historical Context, Classical Studies 11, Professor Roberta Stewart, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 2, 2022-.
Published References
RIC Vol.3, p.60, no. 290
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
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