ANTONINUS PIUS AE DUPONDIUS
RIC -- (981 sim. as Sestertius), Very Fine, partial hairline crack @11, 27.1mm, 10.88 grams, Struck Circa. 157/158 C.E.
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP IMP II around radiate head of Antoninus Pius to right
Reverse: Annona standing to right, left foot on prow, holding rudder set on globe and modius filled with grain on knee, TR POT XXI COS IIII around, S C across fields
Nice portrait and a RARE coin! Probably an unpublished variant and only listed as a Sestertius in RIC.
The Dupondius was also known as the Pundyon with a value of two Issars.
