Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As (28.5mm, 11.72 g, 6h). Rome mint (or mint in Britain?). Struck AD 154-155. VF.

Electronic Auction 573
Lot: 690.
Closing Date: Oct 23 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 200

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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As (28.5mm, 11.72 g, 6h). Rome mint (or mint in Britain?). Struck AD 154-155. Laureate head right / Britannia seated left on rock, propping head on hand and resting hand on rock, in attitude of mourning; to left, large round shield with central spike and transverse vexillum projecting upward to left. RIC III 934; SCBC 646. Dark green and brown patina, areas of roughness, earthen deposits. VF.

From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection.

According to the Standard Catalogue of British Coins, this issue was struck to commemorate “the quelling of a serious uprising in the north, ca. 154/5, necessitating the evacuation of the recently constructed Antonine Wall in Scotland.”

Closing Date and Time: 23 October 2024 at 13:49:40 ET.

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