Aureus - Antoninus Pius COS IIII LIB V; Liberalitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	147-148
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 260039
References	RIC III# 169D_aureus 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.169D_aureus Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Antoninus Pius, bare-headed, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XI

Translation:
Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate Undecima.
Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation, holder of tribunician power for the eleventh time.

Reverse

Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding account board in right hand and cornucopiae in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: COS IIII LIB V

Translation:
Consul Quartum, Liberalitas Quinta.
Consul for the fourth time. The fifth liberality.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (147-148)

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