Description: Antoninus Pius (138 - 161 AD). AE As, Rome mint, 153-154 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII; laureate head right / ANNONA AVG COS IIII, S-C; Annona standing facing, looking right, holding branch in left, right hand on modius set on base, basket of fruits right.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 10,58 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: SRCV II 4294; RIC III 921; Cohen 45

Commentary: bronze surfaces with darker patches, great portrait

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: 032-07-03-41652