Aureus - Antoninus Pius TR POT XXI COS IIII; Salus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	157-158
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.2 g
Diameter	17.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 260220
References	RIC III# 280B 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.280B Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, draped, left.

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

Salus, draped, seated left on throne feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding transverse sceptre in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT XXI COS IIII

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Prima Vicesima, Consul Quartum.
Holder of tribunician power for the 21st time, consul for the fourth time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

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 (157-158)

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