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Antoninus Pius (A.D. 138-161)
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R2094 - Antoninus Pius (138-161), posthumous issue struck under Marcus Aurelius to the Divine Antoninus Pius, Silver Denarius, 2.92g., Rome mint, bare head of Pius right, DIVVS ANTONINVS, rev., pyramidal crematorium, CONSECRATIO, (RCV 5193; RIC Marcus Aurelius 438), good very fine, well centered, toned. $115 SOLD
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R2002 - EGYPT, Alexandria, Antoninus Pius (A.D. 138-161), Æ Hemidrachm, Zodiac Series, 24.25g., Year 8 (=A.D. 144/145), laureate head right, rev., Leo prancing left, head of Helios above, (Milne 1334), green patina, honest wear, fine, rare. $195

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RB150 -  Roman-Britain, Antoninus Pius (A.D.177-192), AE As, 11.31g., Rome mint, laureate bust right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, rev., mournful seated figure of Britannia left on rock, round shield and figure left, BRITANNIA COS IIII S C (Askew 28; RIC 934),  an exceptional example of this notoriously poorly struck issue full on a full large round flan ,light brown patina, extremely fine. $1495 SOLD

"He Conquered the Britons through his legate Lollius Urbicus (governor of Britain from A.D. 139-143), another wall of turf, being set up when the barbarians had been driven back."

The Augustan History, Antoninus Pius 5.4.

Following the suppression of a serious revolt in northern Britain early in his reign, Antoninus Pius won his second imperatorial acclamation.  At this point it was decided to push the frontier further north from the line of Hadrian’s Wall; the Antonine Wall a turf and timber construction was built across the narrower Forth-Clyde isthmus, bringing the unruly tribes of Lowland Scotland within the borders of the empire.
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R1300 - Antoninus Pius (138-161), Silver Denarius, 2.98g., Rome mint, A.D. 151-152, laureate bust of Pius right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XV, rev., COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears and placing left hand on modius set on ship, (RIC 204), good extremely fine, toned. $195
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R1305 - Antoninus Pius (138-161), Silver Denarius, 3.67g., Rome mint, A.D. 141, laureate head of Pius right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, rev., Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and sceptre, AEQVITAS AVG, (RIC 61; RCV 4049), well centered, very fine, toned. $135
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R1354 - Antoninus Pius (138-161), Silver Denarius, 2.71g., Rome mint, A.D. 145-161,, laureate head of Pius right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, rev., COS III, winged thunderbolt on draped seat (RIC 137), very fine. $75
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R1183 - Antoninus Pius (138-161), Silver Denarius, 3.55g., Rome mint, A.D. 158-159, laureate bust of Pius right, IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, rev., TR POT XIII COS IIII, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and sceptre, (RCV 4095; cf RIC 200), extremely fine, toned. $195
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R1187 - Antoninus Pius (138-161), Silver Denarius, 3.35g., Rome mint, A.D. 151-152, laureate bust of Pius right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XV, rev., COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears and placing left hand on modius set on ship, (RIC 204), good extremely fine, toned. $195
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R1179 - Antoninus Pius (138-161), Copper As, 8.75g., Rome mint, A.D. 140-144, laureate head of Pius right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, rev., TR POT COS IIII, S C, Clementia standing left, head left, holding patera and sceptre, (RIC 699a) almost extremely fine pleasant chocolate patina. $325
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R1130 - Antoninus Pius (138-161), Copper As, 14.22g., Rome mint, A.D. 147-148, laureate head of Pius right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XI, rev., COS IIII, VOTA, SC, Pius sacrificing let over an altar, holding a scroll in left hand, (RIC 852a; RCV 4323) very fine or better, great provenance. $195

Provenance:
William C. Boyd Collection, Baldwin's Auctions (42), 26 September 2005.
Purchased by Boyd himself from the London coin dealer Edgar Lincoln in December 1901.
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R273 - Antoninus Pius (138-161), Silver Denarius, Rome mint, A.D. 145-161, laureate bust of Pius right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, rev., Liberalitas standing left holding vexillum and cornucopiae, TR POT COS IIII (RIC 151), extremely fine. $195