Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIII 23 March 2017
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Antoninus Pius Æ As. Rome, AD 140-144. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / IMPERATOR II, Victory advancing left, holding shield inscribed BRITAN; S-C across lower fields. RIC 732. 11.95g, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Antoninus Pius received his second imperial acclamation, as recorded in this coin's reverse legend, for the victory by his governor in Britannia, Q. Lollius Urbicus, over the Brigantes. It was Urbicus who also constructed the Antonine Wall in Scotland between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, which was to be the northernmost frontier barrier of the Roman Empire.
Near Extremely Fine.
Antoninus Pius received his second imperial acclamation, as recorded in this coin's reverse legend, for the victory by his governor in Britannia, Q. Lollius Urbicus, over the Brigantes. It was Urbicus who also constructed the Antonine Wall in Scotland between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, which was to be the northernmost frontier barrier of the Roman Empire.