As Antoninus Pius - Munificentia

ANTONINUS PIUS. AE Dupondius. Rome, 148-149 AD. Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII Laureated head r. Rv. MVNIFICENTIA AVG - COS IIII SC Munificentia staging left, holding a crown and a scepter, a lion at her feet. Cohen 563 (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. Other coin types from the same serie feature wild beasts: lion, elephant. Paris coin fair, ex. Joel, 11 March 2000