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Type : Sesterce
Date: 146
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,82 g.
Rarity : R3
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Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait inhabituel d’Antonin le Pieux. Joli revers. Belle patine vert olive foncé, légèrement écaillée au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P TR P.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Antonin à droite drapé sur l’épaule gauche.
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestas".
Reverse
Reverse legend : [HONORI] - AVG - COS IIII/ S|C.
Reverse description : Honos (l'Honneur) debout de face tourné à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Honori Augusti Consul quartum”, (À l’Honneur de l’auguste consul pour la quatrième fois=.
Commentary
Rubans de type 2. Ce type avec le buste drapé sur l’épaule et au revers l’Honneur avec la corne d’abondance semble beaucoup plus rare, même complètement inédit avec le buste drapé visible sur le cou et sur l’épaule d’après le classement de M. Jean Lacour, auteur de plusieurs monographies sur les sesterces des Antonins, vol III, Antonin le Pieux, p. 30, type de buste (Fe). Pour le revers, il existe deux types différents pour l’Honneur avec en particulier la corne d’abondance normale ou retournée.
Ribbons of type 2. This type with the bust draped on the shoulder and on the reverse the Honour with the cornucopia seems much rarer, even completely unpublished with the draped bust visible on the neck and on the shoulder according to the classification of Mr. Jean Lacour, author of several monographs on the sesterces of the Antonines, vol III, Antoninus Pius, p. 30, type of bust (Fe). For the reverse, there are two different types for the Honour with in particular the normal or inverted cornucopia
Ribbons of type 2. This type with the bust draped on the shoulder and on the reverse the Honour with the cornucopia seems much rarer, even completely unpublished with the draped bust visible on the neck and on the shoulder according to the classification of Mr. Jean Lacour, author of several monographs on the sesterces of the Antonines, vol III, Antoninus Pius, p. 30, type of bust (Fe). For the reverse, there are two different types for the Honour with in particular the normal or inverted cornucopia
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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