Denarius - Antoninus Pius PONT MAX TR POT COS; Diana

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 138
Value 1 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
259722
References RIC III# 1B,
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (1930 reprinted edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
OCRE# ric.3.ant.1B
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES AEL ANTONINVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Aelius Antoninus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Aelius Antoninus [Pius], emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Diana, draped, standing right, holding arrow in lowered right hand and bow raised in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PONT MAX TR POT COS

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul.
High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

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