bpv_582156 - ANTONINUS PIUS Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 138
Mint name / Town : Abdère, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré présentant un joli buste au revers. Patine vert foncé
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Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue d’Antonin à droite.
Obverse legend : AUT KAI ANTWNEIN
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’un jeune homme (le jeune Abderos ?) à droite ; derrière une étoile dans un croissant.
Reverse legend : ABDHREITWN, (Abdhreitai)
Reverse translation : (D’Abdère).
Historical background
ANTONINUS PIUS
(02/25/138-03/7/161)
Caesar
After the death of Aélius on January 1, 138, Hadrian, ill, must find a new Caesar. The climate of the beginning of the year 138 is well rendered by Mr. Yourcenar in the “Memoirs of Hadrian”. Hadrian adopts Antonin, a distant relative of his family. On the other hand, Hadrian obliges Antonin to jointly adopt Marc Aurèle, son of Annius Vérus and Lucius Vérus, son of Aélius. Hadrian, having settled his estate and dismissed his brother-in-law and the latter's grandson, could die peacefully on July 10, 138. Hated by the Senate, he was refused apotheosis. It will take the pugnacity of Antoninus to make him deified.
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