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单词 antoninianus
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antoninianusn.

Brit. /ˌantənɪnɪˈɑːnəs/, U.S. /ˌæntənɪnɪˈɑnəs/
Inflections: Plural antoniniani.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Antoninianus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Antoninianus, denoting a coin (4th cent.), use as noun of masculine of Antoninianus (adjective) of or relating to one of the Antonine emperors (3rd cent.) < classical Latin Antōnīnus , a cognomen of several Roman emperors (see Antonine n.) + -iānus -ian suffix.Nineteenth-century numismatists took the term antoninianus from the Historia Augusta and applied it to a coin first issued under Caracalla (on whose cognomen see note at Antonine n.), for which the original name (if any) is unknown. In the context of the Historia Augusta, Antoniniani seems to refer to both gold and silver coins produced under the Antonine emperors of the late 2nd century a.d. (presumably special in some way, probably because of their higher precious metal content). The 3rd-century antoninianus was silver (increasingly debased). The plural form reflects the Latin plural.
Numismatics.
Originally (in plural): †coinage issued by one or more of the Antonine Roman emperors (see Antonine n. 1) (obsolete). Later: a name given to a Roman coin of the third century having a bust of the emperor wearing a radiate crown on the obverse, with an original face value of two denarii.The original name of the third-century coin is unknown. It is so called by modern scholars because it was first issued in the reign of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (commonly known as Caracalla), Roman emperor a.d. 211–17.
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1767 W. Clarke Connexion Rom., Saxon & Eng. Coins iii. 175 The coins of different emperors..were not of the same value; otherwise the Antoniniani, Aureliani, and Philippei had not been so particularly specifyed.
1867 Numismatic Chron. New Ser. 7 338 Count Hundt's paper concludes with the assays made by Mr. Millauer..of a number of Antoniniani found at Klugham.
1897 Trans. Herfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc. 9 v. 127 Not improbably they were double denarii, but in compiling the list of the coins I have thought it best to place the Antoniniani in a separate category.
1940 Oxoniensia 5 143 This hoard contains 491 antoniniani, from Gallienus to Quintillus, and was originally concealed c. A.D. 270.
1974 Sci. Amer. Dec. 122/1 When the emperors who followed Caracalla minted their own antoniniani, they too were shown wearing rayed crowns.
2011 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 101 64 (caption) Antoninianus of Gallienus representing Kronos as an image of Aeternitas.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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