Antonius Pius r. 138 - 161 AD
bronze As
Terry Nix coll.
full legends: ANTONINVS AVG. PIVS P.P. TR.P. XVIII/
"BRITANNIA COS. IIII SC", Sear 1188, struck 154 - Feb 155 AD
weight ----
Marcus Aurelius r. 161 - 180 AD
AE 36 of Amaseia or Amasya Pontes
struck 163/164 AD
rev: M.Aurelius with Lucius Verus; his co-Emperor.
Nick Economopolus, ca. 1990
This denomination would roughly correspond to 9 assaria in the East.
Weight = 21.947 g. This is characteristic of an Imperial sestersius of M.Aurelius which is typically 22 to 26 grams.
This coin is listed on WildWinds.
Translation notes
AYT KAIC M AYΡ ANTΩNINΩ CEB = IMPERATOR? Marcus Aurelius (as AUGUSTUS), CEB or CEP =??
AΔΡ AMAC NEΩK K MHT K ΠΡΩ ΠONT, exergue: ET ΡCΘ = possibly? in honor of, + the city name + the year of M.A.'s reign
Stoic Philosopher: M. Aurelius is known as the 1st? Stoic Roman Emperor and his Meditations survive as an example of this philosophy.
Marcus insisted that his adoptive brother: Lucius Verus (see reverse of coin) be given the same status and powers as himself, except for the title Pontifex Maximus (high priest)-- from Britannica
Commodus r. 180 - 192 AD
bronze As showing Commodus wearing the Lion Skin headress of Hercules
purchased from Terry Nix, Houston, TX, ca. 1999.
Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius
The deified Commodus: (obv)
Debased
(40%) silver antoninianus issued by Trajan Decius as part of a set of 12
commorative antoninainii. Commodus was the only "bad Emperor" in the group.
Note that the antoninianus was 1st issued during the reign of
Caracalla in 215 AD. Thus an antoninianus of Commodus had to have been
issued postumusly. This coin appears to be silver throughout, unlike my
latter issues which appear to be just silver plated.
Didius Julianus r. 193 A.D.
sestersius
abt extremely fine Heritage auctions 2011