bpv_1046220 - ANTONINUS PIUS Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: an 15
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,26 g.
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à gauche (O*1).
Obverse legend : AUT K T AIL ADR ANtwNEINOS SEB EUS (Autokratoros Kaisaros Titos Ailios Adrianos Antwneinos Sebastos Euseubios)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Titus Aelius Hadrien Antonin auguste pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L .
Reverse description : Autel d’Agathodémon : péristyle à qautre colonnes ; au-dssus de chaque angle, amlustre, au-dessou, un dauphin ; frise décorée de guirlandes ; entre les colonnes statue d’Eusebeia, de face la tête à ; sur le sommet de l’autel, pommes de pin enflamées.
Reverse legend : I-E
Reverse translation : (An 15).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons avec le buste d’Antonin tourné à gauche.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have proposed it with the bust of Antoninus facing left.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have proposed it with the bust of Antoninus facing left.
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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