Description: Cappadocia, Caesarea, Antoninus Pius (139 - 161 AD). ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤ; laureate head right / Modius (kalathos) on tripod, containing five ears of corn; E left, retrograde Z (for year) to right.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 6,02 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: RPC Online 10066

Commentary: rare; green patina, thick flan, high relief, well centered

History: Modius was an official unit of dry measure (e.g. for grain), equivalent to 8.73 litre, and also a container with that volume officially approved for measuring volume.

Article Number: 011-04-04-41652