Denarius - Antoninus Pius SALVS AVG 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	158-159
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.4 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 260235
References	RIC III# 287 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.287 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 XXII

Translation:
Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate Secunda Vicesima.
Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation, holder of tribunician power for the 22nd time.

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding vertical sceptre in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SALVS AVG COS IIII

Translation:
Salus Augusti. Consul Quartum.
Health of the emperor (Augustus). Consul for the fourth time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
Museu de Prehistòria de València

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (158-159)

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