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| Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161) Æ Limes Denarius / Annona |
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Attribution: RIC III 204 Rome
Date: AD 151-152
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XV, laureate head right
Reverse: COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding two grain ears and resting hand on modius set on prow
Size: 17.69mm
Weight: 3.33 grams
Rarity:  5
Description: good Fine+. Limes denarii were struck by official mints in bronze or billon generally on the northern frontier where silver was scarce. Many times they are mules with mismatched obverse and reverse dies. They were still valuated as a denarius. Many times the weak strikes are attributed to the use of old dies sent to the frontier to be used once they were too worn for Imperial use. An interesting part of Roman history.
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