Denarius - Antoninus Pius PONT MAX TR POT COS; Minerva and Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	138
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.2 g
Diameter	15.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 259724
References	RIC III# 2 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.3.ant.2 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES AEL ANTONINVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Aelius Antoninus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Aelius Antoninus [Pius], emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding Victory in right hand and resting left on shield set on ground; spear rests against left arm.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PONT MAX TR POT COS

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul.
High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 3.03–3.31 g;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (138)

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