brm_629668 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Price : 150.00 €
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 140
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante mais beau droit. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Antonin le Pieux à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [IMPERA]-TOR II// S C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) volant à droite, tenant un trophée des deux mains.
Reverse translation : “Imperator iterum”.
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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