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138 - 161, ANTONINUS PIUS, AE As, Struck 154 - 155
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Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate and draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right.
Reverse: BRITANNIA COS IIII, Britannia seated facing left on rock, shield and vexillum in background; S C in exergue.
Diameter: 26mm | Weight: 9.4gms | Die Axis: 7h
RIC III: 934 | SRCV: 4296 | Cohen: 117
SCARCE
The bronze coins of Antoninus Pius bearing the "Britannia" reverse type have been found in considerable quantities in Britain, but are not generally recorded from Roman sites in France and Germany. The many "Britannia" issues of Antoninus Pius found in Coventina's Well, Carrawburgh, seem to have come from only a few dies, suggesting that the place of mintage for them was not far distant, though it is possible that the issue was both issued at Rome and produced locally in Britannia.
The reverse type of Britannia seated on a rock, eventually adorned Great Britain's coinage many centuries later when the design was reintroduced by Charles II in 1672.
COVENTINA'S WELL
Dedications to Coventina and votive deposits were found in a walled area, now called "Coventina's Well", which had been built to contain the outflow from a spring near the site of a Roman fort and settlement, on Hadrian's Wall. Now called Carrawburgh, the site is named as Procolita in the 5th century "Notitia Dignitatum". The remains of a Roman Mithraeum and Nymphaeum were also found near the site.
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![138 - 161, ANTONINUS PIUS, AE As, Struck 154 - 155
[i]Obverse[/i]: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate and draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right.
[i]Reverse[/i]: BRITANNIA COS IIII, Britannia seated facing left on rock, shield and vexillum in background; S C in exergue.
Diameter: 26mm | Weight: 9.4gms | Die Axis: 7h
[b]RIC III: 934 | SRCV: 4296 | Cohen: 117[/b]
SCARCE
[b][color=purple]The bronze coins of Antoninus Pius bearing the "Britannia" reverse type have been found in considerable quantities in Britain, but are not generally recorded from Roman sites in France and Germany. The many "Britannia" issues of Antoninus Pius found in Coventina's Well, Carrawburgh, seem to have come from only a few dies, suggesting that the place of mintage for them was not far distant, though it is possible that the issue was both issued at Rome and produced locally in Britannia.
The reverse type of Britannia seated on a rock, eventually adorned Great Britain's coinage many centuries later when the design was reintroduced by Charles II in 1672.[/color][/b]
[url=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10427/Coventina__s_Well.jpg]
[img]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10427/thumb_Coventina__s_Well.jpg[/img][/url]
[b][u]COVENTINA'S WELL[/u][/b]
Dedications to Coventina and votive deposits were found in a walled area, now called "Coventina's Well", which had been built to contain the outflow from a spring near the site of a Roman fort and settlement, on Hadrian's Wall. Now called Carrawburgh, the site is named as Procolita in the 5th century "Notitia Dignitatum". The remains of a Roman Mithraeum and Nymphaeum were also found near the site.](albums/userpics/10427/normal_ANTPIUS_BRIT_BRIT_MNT.JPG "Click to view full size image
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138 - 161, ANTONINUS PIUS, AE As, Struck 154 - 155
[i]Obverse[/i]: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate and draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right.
[i]Reverse[/i]: BRITANNIA COS IIII, Britannia seated facing left on rock, shield and vexillum in background; S C in exergue.
Diameter: 26mm | Weight: 9.4gms | Die Axis: 7h
[b]RIC III: 934 | SRCV: 4296 | Cohen: 117[/b]
SCARCE
[b][color=purple]The bronze coins of Antoninus Pius bearing the \"Britannia\" reverse type have been found in considerable quantities in Britain, but are not generally recorded from Roman sites in France and Germany. The many \"Britannia\" issues of Antoninus Pius found in Coventina's Well, Carrawburgh, seem to have come from only a few dies, suggesting that the place of mintage for them was not far distant, though it is possible that the issue was both issued at Rome and produced locally in Britannia.
The reverse type of Britannia seated on a rock, eventually adorned Great Britain's coinage many centuries later when the design was reintroduced by Charles II in 1672.[/color][/b]
[url=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10427/Coventina__s_Well.jpg]
[img]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10427/thumb_Coventina__s_Well.jpg[/img][/url]
[b][u]COVENTINA'S WELL[/u][/b]
Dedications to Coventina and votive deposits were found in a walled area, now called \"Coventina's Well\", which had been built to contain the outflow from a spring near the site of a Roman fort and settlement, on Hadrian's Wall. Now called Carrawburgh, the site is named as Procolita in the 5th century \"Notitia Dignitatum\". The remains of a Roman Mithraeum and Nymphaeum were also found near the site.")
