Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). AR denarius (17mm, 3.21 gm, 5h). NGC VF. Rome, AD 143-144. ANTONINVS AVG-PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right / CONS-E-C-RATIO, Ceres standing facing, veiled head left, right hand raised, torch in left. RIC -. RIC has a small section (p. 40, RIC III 114-116) which includes three unusual denarii and one aureus with this obverse legend and footnotes all of them to be anomalies. This coin, with a reverse type proper for Diva Faustina I, would clearly fit in this group. Also note - the celator ran out of room on the obverse and the second digit is missing, but assumed to exist as part of the truncation. Ex Paul Balla Collection (Heritage Auctions, 231749, 7 December 2017), lot 61102

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