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Antoninus Pius (138-161), Dupondius, laureate head right, rev. Britannia seated in an attitude of mourning, SC below, britannia cos iiii around (BMC 1971). Some porosity to fabric, otherwise very fine, rare in this state (£80-100)

It is possible this coin was struck at a mobile military mint in Britain. Askew (The Coinage of Roman Britain) notes “this coin is never as well struck as the otherse and any specimen classifiable as other than 'fine' is really rare"