brm_732651 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Price : 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 149
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XII.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Antonin le Pieux à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche.
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunitia Potestate duodecimum", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne pour la douzième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C-OS - IIII/ S|C.
Reverse description : Aequitas (l’Équité) debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consul quartum”, (Consul pour la quatrième 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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