Denarius - Antoninus Pius TR POT COS III; Italia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	140-143
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.3 g
Diameter	16.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 259884
References	RIC III# 85a 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.85a Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P

Translation:
Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae.
Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation.

Reverse

Italia, towered, draped, seated left on globe with zones and stars, holding cornucopiae in right hand and sceptre, nearly vertical, in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT COS III

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium.
Holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

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 (140-143)

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