Denarius - Antoninus Pius FELICITATI AVG COS IIII; Felicitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	158-159
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 260231
References	RIC III# 285A 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.285A Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII

Translation:
Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate Secunda Vicesima.
Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation, holder of tribunician power for the 22nd time.

Reverse

Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding globe in right hand and cornucopiae in right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FELICITATI AVG COS IIII

Translation:
Felicitati Augusti, Consul Quartum.
To the good fortune of the emperor (Augustus), consul for the fourth time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 2.62–3.33 g;

Example of this type:
Institute of Classics/University of Graz

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (158-159)

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