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Sestertius - Antoninus Pius TR POT XXI COS IIII LIB VIII S C; Liberalitas

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 157-158
Value 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 24 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
261330
References RIC III# 987
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.987
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 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

Liberalitas, standing left, holding account-board and cornucopiae.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT XXI COS IIII LIB VIII S C

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Prima Vicesima, Consul Quartum. Liberalitas Octava. Senatus Consultum.
Holder of tribunician power for the 21st time, consul for the fourth time. The eighth liberality. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 22.599–25.49 g;

Example of this type:
Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (157-158) 

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