Aureus - Antoninus Pius LAETITIA COS IIII; Ceres

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	150-151
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.4 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 260098
References	RIC III# 199B 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.199B Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XIIII

Translation:
Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta Decima.
Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation, holder of tribunician power for the 14th time.

Reverse

Ceres, draped, standing right, holding two corn-ears in right hand; at her side, Prosperpina, draped, standing front, head left, holding pomegranate.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LAETITIA COS IIII

Translation:
Laetitia. Consul Quartum.
Joy. Consul for the fourth time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (150-151)

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