brm_1053041 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 158
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 17,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Sesterce centré. Joli portrait. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriae", (Antonin Auguste Pieux Père de la Patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTA SVSCE-PTA DECENN III/ S|C// COS IIII.
Reverse description : Antonin voilé et drapé debout à gauche, sacrifiant au-dessus d'un trépied allumé.
Reverse translation : "Vota Suscepta Decennalia tertium (Tricennalia)// Consul quartum", (Vœux souhaités pour les trente années de règne// Consul quatre fois).
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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