v34_0509 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 180.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 180.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: 159-160
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 29,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan large et épais, parfaitement centré. Usure régulière. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XXIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate vicesimum tertium", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la vingt-troisième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETATI - AVG COS IIII/ S|C .
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite, et de la gauche un enfant ; à ses pieds, de chaque côté, un enfant.
Reverse translation : “Pietati Augusti Consul quartum”, (À la Piété de l'Auguste consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Frappé sur un flan de médaillon.
Heavy weights. Struck on a medallion blank
Heavy weights. Struck on a medallion blank
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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