bpv_311087 - ANTONINUS PIUS Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier un peu court sur la légende de droit. Belle tête d’Antonin. Joli revers. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
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 legend : L - E.
Reverse description : Poséidon (Neptune) nu le pied droit posé sur une proue, tenant un dauphin de la main droite tendue et un trident de la ma gauche.
Reverse translation : (an 5).
Commentary
Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Un seul ruban visible.
With all of its surface silvering. Only one ribbon visible.
With all of its surface silvering. 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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