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Replica - Britannia, Antoninus Pius
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in high relief in the Roman Imperial style. The portrait features the emperor's characteristic full beard and laurel wreath, with drapery visible at the truncation. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy, running along the inner border of a beaded rim. The overall style is consistent with Roman denarius coinage of the Antonine dynasty. |
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| Reverse lettering | BRITANNIA |
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Modern replicas of Antoninus Pius bronzes featuring Britannia are historically notable for a specific reason: the Britannia type on Roman provincial coinage is directly tied to the emperor's military campaigns in Britain around 142–143 AD, when his governor Quintus Lollius Urbicus pushed north of Hadrian's Wall and briefly established the Antonine Wall across the Forth-Clyde isthmus. The figure of Britannia on Roman coinage of this reign is among its earliest appearances on any coinage anywhere.