E-auction 164-100459 - brm_297397 - ANTONINUS PIUS Dupondius
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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 62 € |
| Maximum bid : | 62 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2016 14:41:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Dupondius
Date: 138
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,06 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, court sur les légendes. Très beau portrait primitif d’Antonin. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T AELIVS CAE-SAR ANTONINVS.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue d’Antonin à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Titus Ælius Cæsar Hadrianus Antoninus”, (L’empereur Titus Aélius césar Hadrien Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRIB - POT COS/ S|C// PIETAS.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) voilée, drapée, debout à gauche, versant de l’encens de la main droite tendue au-dessus d’un autel allumé et tenant une boîte à parfums (accera) de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestas Consul/ Pietas”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul/ la Piété).
Commentary
Nous avons plutôt affaire à un dupondius plutôt qu’à un as. Une des émissions les plus rares du début du règne d’Antonin César à la fin du règne d’Hadrien (donativum aux troupes). Ce type semble en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence .
We are dealing with a dupondius rather than an as. One of the rarest issues from the beginning of the reign of Antoninus Caesar to the end of the reign of Hadrian (donativum to the troops). This type actually seems much rarer than the reference works suggest.
We are dealing with a dupondius rather than an as. One of the rarest issues from the beginning of the reign of Antoninus Caesar to the end of the reign of Hadrian (donativum to the troops). This type actually seems much rarer than the reference works suggest.
Historical background
ANTONINUS PIUS
(02/25/138-03/7/161)
Caesar
After the death of Aélius on January 1, 138, Hadrian, ill, must find a new Caesar. The climate of the beginning of the year 138 is well rendered by Mr. Yourcenar in the “Memoirs of Hadrian”. Hadrian adopts Antonin, a distant relative of his family. On the other hand, Hadrian obliges Antonin to jointly adopt Marc Aurèle, son of Annius Vérus and Lucius Vérus, son of Aélius. Hadrian, having settled his estate and dismissed his brother-in-law and the latter's grandson, could die peacefully on July 10, 138. Hated by the Senate, he was refused apotheosis. It will take the pugnacity of Antoninus to make him deified.
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