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This type records a significant Roman military victory in Britain. The military campaign mentioned was most probably the suppression of a revolt in the north, in whose aftermath the Antonine Wall was constructed as the northern boundary of the province. This issue is only the second occasion upon which the allegorical figure of Britannia was used, the first being Hadrian's. |
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RB163 - Roman-Britain, Antoninus Pius (A.D.177-192), AE As, 11.39g., 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), struck on center, dark green patina, good reverse legends, very fine. $395 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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RB162 - Roman-Britain, Antoninus Pius (A.D.177-192), AE As, 10.85g., 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, {BRITAN]NIA COS IIII, S C (Askew 28; RIC 934), struck on center,light brown patina, scrape on head, very fine. $295 "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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R1463 - Claudius (A.D. 41-54), British Imitation, Copper As, 7.65g., A.D. 41-42, a bare head of Claudius left, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, rev., Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and holding shield, dividing S C (RCV 1861; RIC 100), handsome solid jade green patina, very fine. $295 SOLD |
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RB118 – ROMAN BRITAIN, Antoninus Pius (A.D.138-161), Ć As, 10.23g., struck A.D.154-155, laureate head right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, rev., BRI[TANNIA COS IIII], Britannia seated left on rock, resting head upon hand, shield and vexillum in background before her, S C in exergue (RIC 934), good fine. $125 SOLD |
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RB120 - Romano-British, Commodus (A.D.177-192), AE Sestertius, 19.98g., Rome mint, A.D. 184-185, laureate bust right, M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, rev., seated figure of Victory right on shields, inscribing shield set on knee TR P X IMP VII COS IIII, VICT BRIT in exergue (Askew 33; RIC 452), good fine, rare. $295 SOLD |
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