Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Dupondius (24.5mm, 12.08 g, 6h). Rome mint (or mint in Britain?). Struck AD 154-155. VF.

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Lot: 586.
Closing Date: Jun 19 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 200

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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Dupondius (24.5mm, 12.08 g, 6h). Rome mint (or mint in Britain?). Struck AD 154-155. Radiate head right / BRITAN NIA [COS IIII], S C in exergue, 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 930; SCBC 645. Dark green-brown patina, some roughness. VF.

From the Dr Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Dr. J. S. Vogelaar Collection (Spink 194, 26 March 2008), lot 1126.

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: 19 June 2024 at 13:15:00 ET.

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