Denarius - Antoninus Pius TR POT XX COS IIII; Jupiter

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	156-157
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 260191
References	RIC III# 258 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.258 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II

Translation:
Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Imperator Secundum.
Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation, supreme commander (Imperator) for the second time.

Reverse

Jupiter, standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; at feet, eagle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT XX COS IIII

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Vicesima, Consul Quartum.
Holder of tribunician power for the 20th time, consul for the fourth time.

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 (156-157)

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