bpv_755694 - ANTONINUS PIUS Unité
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Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 138-161
Mint name / Town : Émèse, Syrie, Séleucie et Pierie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale centré, court sur la légende du droit, à l’usure plus marquée au droit qu’au revers. Patine verte
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (A*2).
Obverse legend : [AUT KAI TI AIL ADRI ANTW-NEINOS SEB EU]
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Titus Aelius Hadrien Antonin auguste pieux).
Reverse
Reverse description : La Pierre noire d’El Gabal surmontée d’un aigle debout à droite, tournant la tête à gauche, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : EMIS-HNWN / G
Reverse translation : (d’Émèse).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Sur cet exemplaire, la pierre conique (demi-sphère) semble décorée.
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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