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Denarius - Antoninus Pius TR POT XV COS IIII; Vesta

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 151-152
Value 1 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.2 g
Diameter 17 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
260114
References RIC III# 209
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.209
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus), father of the nation.

Reverse

Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, holding simpulum in extended right hand and palladium at shoulder in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT XV COS IIII

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Quinta Decima, Consul Quartum.
Holder of tribunician power for the 15th time, consul for the fourth time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 2.767–3.52 g;
Diameter varies: 17–17.38 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
ND (151-152) 

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