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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : As
Date: 159-160
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 9,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier. Belle tête d’Antonin. Revers inhabituel. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XXIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate vicesimum tertium", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la vingt-troisième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COS IIII/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Temple distyle de Genio Senatus (Génie du Sénat) à coupole ronde ; au centre se trouve une statue du Génie du Sénat, tenant une branche de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : Consul quartum// Senatus Consulto”, (Consul pour la quatrième fois// avec l’accord du Sénat).
Commentary
Poids léger. Divisionnaire rare. Ce type n’est frappé qu’en 159 et 160.
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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