brm_424314 - ANTONINUS PIUS Aureus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 4 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 4 200.00 €
Type : Aureus
Date: 152-153
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait inhabituel d’Antonin le Pieux. Revers bien venu à la frappe
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XVI.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Antonin à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate sextum decimum” (Antonin auguste, pieux, Père de la Patrie, revêtu de la seizième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CO-S - IIII.
Reverse description : Antonin le Pieux, tête nue, vêtu de la toge tenant un globe de la main droite et un volumen de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consul quartum” (Consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Un seul ruban visible.
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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