Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.19 g.) Rome mint, struck AD 147/8. Obv. Laureate head right. Rev. Antoninus seated left on sella castrensis on raised daïs, extending hand to figure standing right and extending hand to receive it; statue of Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia, on daïs before. RIC III 775 (R) aVF, Brown patina. Rare Antoninus Pius’s fifth liberality was given in honor of his recent vota decennalia, which was also the occasion for celebratory games, the Primi Decennales. |