RB209 - ROMANO-BRITISH, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Brass Sestertius

RB209 - ROMANO-BRITISH, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Brass Sestertius, 27.99g., Rome mint, A.D. 143, laureate head of Pius right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, rev., Britannia seated left on rock, holding standard and spear, leaning left arm on shield, BRITAN[NIA] SC in the exergue, (RIC 745), an evenly worn fine, an affordable example of this very rare and historically significant issue. $445 SOLD

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.