Antoninianus
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The antoninianus was a coin This article is about monetary coins. For alternative meaning see see word coinage.
Philip I AR Antoninianus. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate draped bust right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing left holding scepter and standard. RIC 33, Cohen 54.
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Antoninianus Double denarius coin. Roman emperor Caracalla (211-217 CE) introduced as a pure silver coin but soon debased to 3 percent silver. Depiction of emperor's portrait with a radiate crown is it's uniqueness.
Antoninianus
Silver coins issued beginning in CE 214, named after Antoninus, a name which was borne by a number of emperors from Antoninus Pius to Elegabalus.
Antoninianus
A roman coin first from silver, later a mix of silver and other materials issued by the roman emperor Marinus Aurelius Antonius also known as Caracalla in 214 AD it was a double dinarius between 4.7 and 5.3 grams.
Silver Antoninianus of Valerian II
AD 253 - 255
There was in the past considerable confusion about Valerian II.
An Antoninianus of Probus:
An exercise in looking closely
Condition is everything to some collectors. One thing is for sure: a coin in great condition shows much fine detail that would be lost on a worn or poorly struck example.
AE Antoninianus of Postumus.
He had Aureolus to go to Raetia to train more troops. He was then assigned to go and defend Milan, the gateway to Italy, from Postumus while Gallienus was in Greece fighting the Goths and Heruli.
AR Antoninianus = 2 Denarii (Initially silver, very base billon at time of Demonetization)
Coinage reforms by Diocletian, c. 294
AV Aureus = 120 Folles (Gold) ...
The antoninianus became more and more debased until, during the great crisis which followed the capture of the emperor Valerian in A.D. 260 it was reduced to a mere bronze piece with a thin coating of silver.
This antoninianus of Diocletian (284-305) shows Jupiter, looking left, and holding a thunderbolt.
RIC V 270 (Siscia), 287 AD ...
This antoninianus of Licninus shows a die crack across the letter R.
Blundered Dies
Errors could occur that were not strike related. This antoninianus of Probus has an incorrect legend - the coin should read PROBI, not PORBI.
This is a Antoninianus of the emperor Volusianus. The Obverse spells out his imperial titles and reads IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG (Imperor Caesar Caius Vibius Volusiano Augustus ) / Depicting Volusianus crowned.
This is a silver antoninianus, or double denarius, a denomination introduced in 214. Over time, this denomination would become more and more debased, ending up as a mostly bronze coin with a slight silver coating or wash.
Roman Empire
Antoninianus; As; Aurelianus; Aureus; Denarius; Dupondius; Miliarensis; Sestertius; Siliqua; Solidus;
Romania
Alexander; Ban; Bancuta; Banu; Kreuzer; Leu; ...
The type of coins issued changed under the coinage reform of Diocletian, the heavily debased antoninianus (double denarius) was replaced with a variety of new denominations, ...
Production of the double-denarius (antoninianus), discontinued at or before the accession of Alexander, was resumed by the joint Emperors Balbinus and Pupienus in A.D. 238.
Trajan Decius, AD249-251, AR Antoninianus. Radiate bust rt./ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundance stands rt. emptying cornucopia, RSC 2. Centered, full legends, nice portrait and rev., Very Fine....SOLD Photo ...
The antoninianus, characterized (for men) by the radiate crown, was first issued in AD 215 by Caracalla. it was, of course, counterfeited almost immediately (see Caracalla), although not as frequently as the denarius.
IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG ...
Rome first issued the antoninianus as a silver coin of 2 denarii, but only worth 1½ denarii.
R2573 1554 Philip I: AR 24 Antoninianus
$110.00
Obv. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG Rad. bust r.
Rev. SAECVLARES AVG Cippus inscr. COS III
4.03 g
Sear 2573; RIC 24c broad flan, nEF ...
Philip II 244 - 249 CE AR Antoninianus minted 245
Obv: Radiate bust right; M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES
Rev: PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II, in military dress, standing right with globe & transverse spear.
RIC 216c, RSC 54 ...
307 TETRICUS I. 270-273 AD. Antoninianus. Rad bust right/Hilaritas standing left with wreath and anchor. SR-3177, VM-4. F-VF $35
308 TETRICUS II. 270-273. Æ Antoninianus. Rad bust right/Sacrificial ImplementsSR-3188, VM-3. Crude VF $35 ...
Apparemment le denier, parfois argenté, valait la moitié de la nouvelle monnaie dénommée aurelianus ou antoninianus, soit deux deniers. Pour les deniers, il y a quatre émissions qui sont fabriquées après le début de la Réforme.
This portrait was taken from an Antoninianus of Elagabalus struck in AD 219, probably less than a year after that above, and associated with his second donative paid to the army just after his first entry into the city of Rome as Emperor.
debasement occurs, a coin may be devalued, which means that the coin's value decreases relative to other coins in the system. A coin that has undergone substantial debasement may also be discontinued, as eventually happened with the antoninianus.
C to around 238 A.D Antoninianus - US quarter size coin that replace the denarius as the standard 'silver' coin of the empire, though it was actually just a bronze coin covered with a thin silver wash.
 See also: Bust, Revers, Coin, Reverse, Radiate
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