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Antoninus Pius
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, later as :
Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
(AD 86 - 138 - 161)

Antoninus Pius Tyche
1. Front 2. Back
Bronze - Æ 28-29 mm - 21,1 grams - Die axis 05:00
1. [AYTOK AΔI - ANTWNEINΩC] (Autokrator Adrianos - Antoneinos).
Stern faced bust, laureate, facing right.
2. IC - [ΓAZA] (Gaza).
Stern faced bust facing right. Not quite recognizable but should be Tyche, wearing shawl over the back of her head. At coin's left half the year sign, ΓC or IC. This probably stands for his 3rd or 8th year of rule (either AD 141-142 or 146-147). At the right of the bust the City Sign being a sort of incomplete swastika.
Provincially minted in Gaza, Judaea.

Obv. : Good but worn - Rev. : Good but worn.

 
Left : The year sign as
should / could be
Right : The city sign as
should / could be
coinpic : www.wildwinds.com : hendin_867v.jpg