bpv_182824 - ANTONINUS PIUS Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 140
Mint name / Town : Nicée, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure régulière sur un flan bien centré. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O°).
Obverse legend : AUT KAI T AIL (ADR) - ANTWNEINOS SE
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Titus Aelius Hadrien Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Asklépios (Esculape) à demi nu, debout à gauche, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant un caducée autour duquel est enroulé un serpent.
Reverse legend : SOTER ASK-LH NIKAEIS
Reverse translation : (la grand Asklépios de Nicée).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, nous ne semblons pas discerner le nom d’Hadrien au droit dans la légende.
On this example, we do not seem to discern the name of Hadrian on the right in the legend
On this example, we do not seem to discern the name of Hadrian on the right in the legend
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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