As - Antoninus Pius S C; Apollo

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 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	10.6 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 261136
References	RIC III# 824A 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.824A 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 COS IIII

Translation:
Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quartum.
Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fourth time.

Reverse

Apollo, draped to feet, standing front, head left, holding patera in extended right hand and lyre at his shoulder in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: S C

Translation:
Senatus Consultum.
Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 8.84–12.65 g;
Diameter varies: 25–27 mm;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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

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