As Antoninus Pius - funeral pyre
ANTONINUS PIUS (under MARCUS AURELIUS). Æ Dupondius. Rome, 161 AD.
Obv. DIVVS ANTONINVS Bare head r.
Rev. CONSECRATIO SC View of the four-tiered funeral pyre (ustrinum) of Antoninus Pius. The bottom tier is decorated with garlands, the middle ones with statues and doors, the top tier is draped and surmounted by a statue of the emperor in a quadriga.
Cohen 166
Very rare. This type was mainly issued for Denarius and Sestertius.
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