brm_585646 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 147
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 22,25 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Belle tête d’Antonin le Pieux. Frappe molle et faible au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestas", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C-OS - II-II/ P-AX|AVG// S C.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite une torche au dessus d’un dépôt d’armes et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Consul quartum, Pax Augusti", (Consul pour la quatrième fois, la Paix de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Un seul ruban visible.
Lightweight. Only one ribbon visible
Lightweight. Only one ribbon visible
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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