As Antoninus Pius - She-wolf
ANTONINUS PIUS. AE As. Rome, 143-144 AD.
Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III Radiated head r.
Rv. IMPERATOR II SC She-wolf standing left, head turned, suckling twins; boat in exergue.
RIC - (cf. 734a, she-wolf to r.); Cohen - (cf. 448, id.)
Rare variant of a scarce type. This type looks forward the 900th anniversary of Rome. Other types struck at this occasion feature Roma aeterna, Anchises and Ascanius, Mars and Rhea silvia.
Paris coin fair, ex. Gilles, 14 Oct. 2009
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