Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina Major

Reverse: Peacock walking

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Silver
Denomination: Denarius
Issuing Authority: Antoninus Pius
Actual Weight: 3.13 g.
Date: ca. 147 AD - exact 161 AD
Dimensions: 20 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Antonine


Obverse Type: A peacock walks to the right, with its head turned to the left

Donor: Gift of George W. Hammond

Commentary: Imperial denarius

Sources Used: BMCRE IV, 66, nos. 473-477; pl. 10.11