E-auction 33-11755 - bpv_247185 - ANTONINUS PIUS Assarion
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | 154 € |
| Maximum bid : | 163 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 December 2013 16:41:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Assarion
Date: 25 février - 10 juillet
Date: c. 138
Mint name / Town : Nicomédie, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,09 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait tout à fait exceptionnel pour Antonin à Nicopolis. Joli revers avec une frappe un peu brouillée sur la légende. Jolie patine vert olive, légèrement granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue d’Antonin César à droite drapé sur l’épaule.
Obverse legend : KAI SEB - ANTWNEIN, (Kaisar Sebastos Antwneinos)
Obverse translation : (César auguste Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Déméter (Cérès) voilée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant deux épis de la main droite tendue et une longue torche de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : NEIKO-DHMET]
Reverse translation : (Nicomédie Déméter).
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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