v24_0367 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 365.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 368.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 365.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 368.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: 155-156
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,94 g.
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Revers de très beau style. Exemplaire sur un flan large et complet des deux côtés avec une patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P IMP II.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Imperator iterum", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la deuxième acclamation impériale).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT XIX - COS IIII.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une enseigne militaire dans chaque main.
Reverse translation : "Tribunicia Potestate undevicesimum Consul quartum", (Revêtu de la dix-neuvième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Représentation inhabituelle de la Fidélité qui deviendra très courante au siècle suivant.
Lightweight. An unusual representation of Fidelity that would become very common in the following century.
Lightweight. An unusual representation of Fidelity that would become very common in the following century.
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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