v34_0507 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 152-153
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier, bien centré. Beau portrait. Revers de style fin. Recouvert d’une patine superficielle avec des reflets grisâtres
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XVI.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate sextum decimum", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne pour la seizième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COS - IIII.
Reverse description : Annona (l'Annone) drapée debout à gauche, tenant deux épis de blé de la main droite et un modius rempli d’épis posé sur une proue de navire tournée à droite.
Reverse translation : "Consul quartum", (Consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ruban unique. Représentation inhabituelle de l’Annone.
Lightweight. Unique ribbon. Unusual depiction of the Annona
Lightweight. Unique ribbon. Unusual depiction of the Annona
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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