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Antoninus Pius AR denarius, struck AD 145-161. Rome mint.ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP, laureate head right / TR POT COS IIII, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae, LIB IIII in exergue. RIC 155 type 2, RSC 490a, BMC 567; Sear 4089.Britanikus
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Elagabalus Denarius, RIC 146, RSC 276, BMC 232Elagabalus Denarius. 221-222 AD. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned & draped bust right / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from patera over lit tripod altar, holding branch, star in field left. RSC 276.
2.38g.Britanikus
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Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AR Denarius Rare last issue.Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AR Denarius (3.08grams). Rome mint. Struck AD 222. Laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P V COS IIII P P, Elagabalus standing facing, head left, holding cypress branch and sacrificing with patera over lighted altar to left; star to left. RIC IV 53; Thirion 224; RSC 213. Rare last issue.
This coin type was issued in the final emission of coinage under Elagabalus, minted from January–March 222. During the previous year, a "horn" was added to Elagabalus' portrait, commonly believed to be a mark indicating divine status. The emperor's megalomania had grown to such proportions that such an unconventional symbol was directed to be added to his portrait. During this last issue, though, the "horn" disappeared from the coinage, and it is theorized that the public became so reviled by his acts that the controversial symbol was removed by mint officials. Such a scenario is unlikely, though, with the strict control exercised over the imperial mint; such an act would only have been possible shortly prior to his death but such conditions would probably preempt any new minting. It is more likely that the popular unrest provoked a sudden attempt by the regime to reform its image, one act of which would obviously be the removal of the horn. Such an act would also have been likely to occur shortly before Elagabalus' overthrow, which would support the relative rarity of these "hornless" issues. Britanikus
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Geta, as Augustus, Denarius. 210-212 AD.Geta, as Augustus, Denarius. 210-212 AD. P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / LIBERALITAS AVG V, Liberalitas standing, head left, with counting board & cornucopiae.
RIC 88 RSC 68.
Sear Roman Coins and their Values (RCV 2000 Edition) Number 7247Britanikus
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Hadrian AR Denarius, RIC 178, RSC 393, BMC 409
Hadrian Denarius. 128 AD. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / COS III, Pudicitia seated left adjusting her veil with her right hand, left hand on her lap. RSC 393.Britanikus
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Septimius Severus Denarius. RIC 160
Septimius Severus Denarius. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate bust right / FVNDATOR PACIS, Severus, veiled, standing left with branch and book. RSC 203.
The “Restorer of Peace”Britanikus
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Severus Alexander Denarius. 232 AD.
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right .
MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing right with spear and shield. RSC 161a.RIC 246. Britanikus
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Trajan Denarius. Ric 219IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V P P, laureate head right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Dacian in peaked cap on a shield, mourning, with a curved sword below him. RSC 529Britanikus
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