Antoninus Pius. Denarius

Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 151 AD, Denarius, 3.20g. C-294 (citing Vienna, 5 Fr.); BM-722, pl. 15.12 (same rev. die). Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PI - VS P P TR P XIIII Head laureate r. Rx: C - O - S - [I]III around, Pietas standing r. before altar, holding front legs of animal and plate of fruit. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. The rare earliest version of this type, before PIETAS was added in reverse exergue; only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard.. F