Sestertius - Antoninus Pius TR POT COS III ITALIA S C; Italia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	143-144
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	22.4 g
Diameter	33 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 261051
References	RIC III# 747B 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.747B Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P

Translation:
Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae.
Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation.

Reverse

Italia, towered, draped, seated, left on globe, with zones and stars, holding cornucopiae in right hand and sceptre in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT COS III ITALIA S C

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium. Italia. Senatus Consultum.
Holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time. Italy. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (CC BY-NC-SA)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (143-144)

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