Denarius - Antoninus Pius VIRTVS AVG; Virtus
© Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE)
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 | 17 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 259918 |
| References | RIC III# 102C 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.102COnline Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, draped, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III
Translation:
Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium.
Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time.
Reverse
Virtus (or Roma), helmeted, in military dress, standing, front, head left holding vertical spear reversed in right hand and parazonium, upright at shoulder, in left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VIRTVS AVG
Translation:
Virtus Augusti.
Courage of the emperor.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
Mass varies: 3.27–3.36 g;
Example of this type:
Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Example of this type:
Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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