Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius (22.82 grams; 30.39 mm). Rome. 138 AD. 

Obv: (IMP T) AEL CAES HADRI A-N(TONINVS ...), Laureate head right 
Rev: TRIB POT COS (?), PIE-TAS / S-C in field, Pietas standing 
left by altar, raising both hands. 

RIC III 1083 (Hadrian) var. Very rare. (RIC 1083 lists the 
obverse legend without HADRI, and with Pietas raising only 
her right hand. 

 The only coin in RIC with this obverse legend is 1092 (struck 
under Hadrian), which has a Pax reverse.

Contributed by Dane for TimeLine Originals (www.time-lines.co.uk), December, 2008.

Now in the collection of Jean Lacourt. Dec. 2010.