v36_0461 - ANTONINUS PIUS Dupondius (MB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Dupondius (MB, Æ 26)
Date: 146
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,50 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 11,91 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Emission: 19e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait avec une minuscule rayure sur le visage. Revers inhabituel, bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine vert foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestas”, (Antonin auguste, pieux, père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HONORI - AVG - COS IIII/ S|C.
Reverse description : Honos (l’Honneur) debout de face, tenant une branche de la main droite et corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Honori Augusti Consul quartum”, (L’Honneur de l’auguste, consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons
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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