Aureus - Antoninus Pius TR POT COS III; Romulus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	140-143
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.3 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 259890
References	RIC III# 90b 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.90b Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Antoninus Pius, bare-headed, draped, sometimes cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P

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

Reverse

Romulus, bare-headed, advancing right, holding spear and trophy.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT COS III

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium.
Holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time.

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 (140-143)

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