brm_845508 - ANTONINUS PIUS Dupondius
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: 151-152
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,25 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan très légèrement décentré. Un joli portrait de l’empereur au droit, usure régulière. De beaux détails malgré quelques faiblesses. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P TR P XV.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d’Antonin à droite (O).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate quintum decimum", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la quinzième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVS AVG COS - IIII/ S|C.
Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite, nourrissant un serpent enroulé autour d’un autel et un sceptre long vertical de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Salus Augusti Consul quartum”, (La Santé de l’auguste consul pour la quatrième fois).
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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