Denarius - Antoninus Pius AVG PIVS P M TR P COS II P P

Features

Issuer Roman Empire (Rome)
Emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 139
Value Denarius (1)
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number N# 259788
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References RIC III# 39b,
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.39b
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS

Translation:
Imperator Titus Aelius Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus.
Supereme commander (Imperator) Titus Aelius Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus [Pius].

Reverse

Simpulum, lituus, jug, aspergillum and knife.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVG PIVS P M TR P COS II P P

Translation:
Augustus Pius, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae.
Emperor (Augustus) [Antoninus] Pius, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the second time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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