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Replica - Britannia, Antoninus Pius
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| Reverse description | The personification of Britannia seated left upon rocks, rendered in the classical Roman allegorical tradition. She is depicted semi-draped, resting her right arm upon a large round shield propped against her side, with a standard or spear held in her left hand. A beaded border surrounds the field, and the Latin legend BRITANNIA appears in the surrounding inscription. The composition closely follows the reverse type of Roman provincial denarii struck under Antoninus Pius commemorating the subjugation of Britain. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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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.