brm_291991 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 115.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 159-160
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,07 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Épigraphie approximative. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XXII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate duovicesimum", (Antonin Auguste Pieux Père de la Patrie revêtu de la Puissance Tribunitienne pour la vingt-deuxième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FORTVNA - OPSEQUENS/ -|-// COS IIII.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) debout à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite posé sur une proue de navire et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Fortuna Opsequens Consul Quartum", (La Fortune de la puissance impériale consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce revers qui n’est frappé qu’entre 157-158 et 159-160. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.
This is the first time we have offered this reverse, which was only struck between 157-158 and 159-160. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
This is the first time we have offered this reverse, which was only struck between 157-158 and 159-160. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
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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