Description: Antoninus Pius (138 - 161 AD). AE As, Rome mint 150-151 AD. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P; laureate head right / TR POT XIIII COS IIII; Annona seated left, holding cornucopiae in her left hand and ears of corn with her right over modius before her, containing two ears of corn and poppy-head, S-C across fields, ANNONA AVG in ex.

Diameter: AE26 mm

Weight: 9,52 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 880

Commentary: brown patina, good details

History: Annona was a personification of the grain supply and grain distribution among the poor - a state function which lasted well into the 4th century AD.

Article Number: 060-04-05-42384