bpv_1097867 - ANTONINUS PIUS Tétradrachme
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 9
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure plus marquée au droit. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste tête nue d’Antonin à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche.
Obverse legend : AUT K T AIL ADR - ANTwNINOS, (Autokrator Kaisar Titos Ailios Adrianos Antwninos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur César Titus Aelius Hadrien Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Vase canope à droite.
Reverse legend : ETOUS B
Reverse translation : (an 2).
Commentary
Monnaie frappée au tout début du règne. Type rare !.
Coin struck at the very beginning of the reign. Rare type!
Coin struck at the very beginning of the reign. Rare type!
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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