Divus Antoninus Pius — AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-162

• Obverse: DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right (with light drapery on far shoulder). Legend runs clockwise from about 7 o’clock 

• Reverse: CONSECRATIO, four-tiered funeral pyre (ustrinum) — base podium with festoons, second tier with central doors and statues in niches, upper tiers diminishing to a quadriga on top. Legend runs clockwise from 8 o’clock 

• Details: Heritage describes it as “Rome, after AD 161. DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head of Antoninus Pius right / CONSECRATIO, four tiered ustrinum (or pyre)” 

• Weight/Size: yours 3.00g — typical range 2.65-3.5g, ∼17-18mm (Baldwin’s example 3.51g) 

• References:

○ RIC III 438 (listed under Marcus Aurelius) 

○ BMC 61; RSC 164a (Baldwin’s) 

○ Sear RCV II 5193