Gold aureus of Antoninus Pius, Rome, 149 A.D.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TRP XII; Laureate head of Antoninus Pius r.
TEMPORVM FELICITAS / COS IIII; Crossed cornucopiae surmounted by busts of little boy and girl.
RIC 185a; BMCRE 678; Cohen 811; Calicó 1631; Kent-Himer pl. 93, 325
Picture credit: Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG (Auction 87), 8.10.2015, lot 262
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