- Mint State Uncirculated Emperor Antoninus Pius Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Antoninus Pius was the adopted Father of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. This relationship was important as Marcus Aurelius learned governing skills under his Father during a peaceful & prosperous period of Roman history.
- Rare obverse variety apparently unpublished.
- Minted 152 to 153 CE (TR P XVI), 3.25g, RIC 219 variant (no drapery). RSC 197 variant (no drapery).
- NGC Certified to MS, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5 (very high subgrades).
- Superb strike with lustrous surfaces.
- Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XVI, right facing laureate bust with drapery on far shoulder.
- Reverse: COS IIII, Vesta standing left holding simpulum & palladium.
- Vesta was the goddess of the hearth, the home, and domestic life in the Roman religion.