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153 NGC Ch AU Antoninus Pius Roman Empire Denarius Rare Portrait Annona 4/5 (23121603C)

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  • Choice Almost Uncirculated Roman Empire silver denarius coin struck for Emperor Antoninus Pius (father of Marcus Aurelius).
  • Minted at Rome, 3.41g, approx 17mm, RIC 231v (not draped), RSC 291a.
  • Dated issue (TR POT XVII = 153/4 CE). 
  • Well struck with heavy flan, 3.41g.  
  • Rare draped bust style (not in RIC) with superb portrait.
  • Lightly toned with luster.
  • NGC Certified to Ch AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5.
  • Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XVII, laureate bust of emperor.
  • Reverse: COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding grain and resting left hand on modius filled with grain set on prow of ship.
  • Annona (Latin annōna “corn, grain; means of subsistence”, from annus "year") is the divine personification of the grain supply to the city of Rome.