v43_0434 - ANTONINUS PIUS As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 170.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 170.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 170.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 170.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: 143
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,05 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Très joli revers de style fin. Patine noire, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMPERATOR. II/ -|-// S(BATEAU)C.
Reverse description : La louve debout à droite allaitant Rémus et Romulus.
Reverse translation : “Imperator iterum”, (Revêtu de la deuxième acclamation impériale).
Commentary
Poids très lourd pour un as. Rubans de type 1. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Very heavy weight for an ace. Type 1 ribbons. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
Very heavy weight for an ace. Type 1 ribbons. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
ANTONINUS PIUS
(02/25/138-03/7/161)
Augustus
Antonin was born on September 19, 86 in Lanuvium. His family is from Gaul (Nîmes). He was a wealthy senator who married Faustina the Elder between 110 and 115 and thus entered Hadrian's family by marriage. After the death of Aelius on January 1, 138, Hadrian chose Antonin to succeed him on February 25, 138, adding two adopted sons, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Hadrian dies on July 10 and Antonin succeeds him. He must first fight to deify Hadrian, enemy of the Senate. In 139, Marc Aurèle becomes Caesar and Faustina Augusta. His reign is calm and happy and symbolizes the "Pax Romana" of the second century. In 148, he commemorated with pomp the 900th anniversary of Rome.
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