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brm_745916 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 143-144
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, mince, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunicienne, consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C// ITALIA.
Reverse description : Italia (l’Italie) assise à gauche sur un globe, drapée, tenant une corne d’abondance de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Italia”, (L’Italie).
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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