Antoninus Pius - Britiannia Dupondius (AP2209)

ANTONINUS PIUS (138-161). Dupondius. Rome.

Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII.

Radiate bust right, with slight drapery.

Rev: BRITANNIA COS IIII / S C.

Britannia seated left on rocks, resting head upon hand and holding sceptre; shield to left.

RIC 930.

Condition: almost very fine.

Weight: 9,93 g.

Diameter: 24 mm

This issue was struck to commemorate the quashing of a northern uprising in AD154-5 when the Antonine wall was evacuated after its construction.