E-auction 708-780745 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 02/07
Date: 138
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 23,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure très importante, mais le type reste identifiable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T AELIVS CAE-SAR ANTONINVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Titus Ælius Cæsar Antoninus”, (L’empereur Titus Aélius césar Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [TRI-B- P-OT] C-OS/ PIE-TAS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une boîte à parfums de la main gauche et sacrifiant au-dessus d’un autel paré et allumé.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul/ Pietas”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul/ la Piété).
Commentary
Il faut bien restituer à Antonin césar ce monnayage qui était donné par P. V. Hill aux premières émissions d’Antonin Auguste.
It is necessary to restore to Antoninus Caesar this coinage which was given by PV Hill to the first issues of Antoninus Augustus
It is necessary to restore to Antoninus Caesar this coinage which was given by PV Hill to the first issues of Antoninus Augustus
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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