v26_0259 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: 147
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 20e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et épais. Beau portrait. Patine vert foncé, légèrement piquée au revers sur les bords du flan
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P COS IIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul quartum”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELIC-I-TAS AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant un capricorne de la main droite et un caducée long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Augusti”, (La Félicité de l’auguste).
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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