Sestertius - Antoninus Pius LIBERALITAS AVG IIII COS IIII S C

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	145-161
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	25.3 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 261079
References	RIC III# 774 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.774 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

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

Reverse

Antoninus Pius, seated left on platform on right; behind him, officer, in front Liberalitias, standing left, holding account-board and cornucopiae; belowe, citizen standing right, holding out fold of toga.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERALITAS AVG IIII COS IIII S C

Translation:
Liberalitas Augusti Quarta. Consul Quartum. Senatus Consultum.
The fourth liberality of the emperor (Augustus). Consul for the fourth time. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 21.59–28.62 g;
Diameter varies: 31–32.5 mm;

Example of this type:
Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (145-161)

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