As Antoninus Pius - Munificentia (elephant)

ANTONINUS PIUS. Æ Dupondius. Rome, 148-149 AD. Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII Laureated head r. Rv. MVNIFICENTIA AVG - COS IIII SC Elephant walking left, clad in some kind of ornamental covering. Cohen 564 (3 F) Scarce coin commemorating Munificentia, the spirit of imperial generosity, at the occasion of the celebration of Rome's 900th anniversary in 147-148 AD, with extensive shows in the arena of the Amphitheatrum Flavium.