Reverse: Aequitas standing, holding scales

Obverse: Bust of Antoninus Pius

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Bronze
Denomination: Sestertius
Issuing Authority: Antoninus Pius
Actual Weight: 3.19 g.
Date: exact 138 AD
Dimensions: 18 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Antonine


Obverse Type: Within a circle, the draped figure of Aequitas (the personification of Equality), standing in 3/4-view to the left, holding scales in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm.

Donor: Gift of Henry H. Fay

Commentary: Imperial sestertius

Sources Used: BMCRE IV, 5, nos. 14-16, pl. 1.7