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ROMAN EMPIRE, ANTONINUS PIUS. AR Denarius of Rome. Struck A.D.143.
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Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III. Laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right.
Reverse: IMPERATOR II. Victory standing facing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm branch in her left.
RIC III : 111b
Weight : 3.486gms. Ex FORVM.
This coin commemorates the Roman advance into Scotland which saw the beginning of construction of the Antonine Wall, running across the central belt from the Clyde Estuary in the west to the Forth Estuary in the east. Since Antoninus had already taken the title “Imperator” on his adoption by Hadrian, he was hailed Imperator for the second time after this victory in Britain which was possibly engineered simply in order to give the new emperor military prestige.
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![ROMAN EMPIRE, ANTONINUS PIUS. AR Denarius of Rome. Struck A.D.143.
[i]Obverse[/i]: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III. Laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right.
[i]Reverse[/i]: IMPERATOR II. Victory standing facing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm branch in her left.
[b]RIC III : 111b[/b]
Weight : 3.486gms. Ex FORVM.
This coin commemorates the Roman advance into Scotland which saw the beginning of construction of the Antonine Wall, running across the central belt from the Clyde Estuary in the west to the Forth Estuary in the east. Since Antoninus had already taken the title “Imperator” on his adoption by Hadrian, he was hailed Imperator for the second time after this victory in Britain which was possibly engineered simply in order to give the new emperor military prestige.
Keywords: ANTONINUS PIUS DENARIUS ROME VICTORY](albums/userpics/10427/ANTONINUS%20PIUS%20VICTORY.JPG "ROMAN EMPIRE, ANTONINUS PIUS. AR Denarius of Rome. Struck A.D.143.
[i]Obverse[/i]: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III. Laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right.
[i]Reverse[/i]: IMPERATOR II. Victory standing facing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm branch in her left.
[b]RIC III : 111b[/b]
Weight : 3.486gms. Ex FORVM.
This coin commemorates the Roman advance into Scotland which saw the beginning of construction of the Antonine Wall, running across the central belt from the Clyde Estuary in the west to the Forth Estuary in the east. Since Antoninus had already taken the title “Imperator” on his adoption by Hadrian, he was hailed Imperator for the second time after this victory in Britain which was possibly engineered simply in order to give the new emperor military prestige.
Keywords: ANTONINUS PIUS DENARIUS ROME VICTORY")
