E-auction 51-22070 - brm_304376 - ANTONINUS PIUS As
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| Estimate : | 65 € |
| Price : | 18 € |
| Maximum bid : | 27 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 April 2014 16:23:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : As
Date: 148-149
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et irrégulier. usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement lisible. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate undecimum”, (Antonin auguste pieux, le père de la patrie, revêtu de la douzième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELICI-TAS AVG/ S|C// CO-S IIII.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) debout à droite, tenant un caducée long ailé de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche dans sa robe.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Augusti/ Consul quartum”, (La Félicité de l’auguste/ Consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. La représentation de la Félicité avec la corne d’abondance “cachée” dans sa robe est tout à fait inhabituelle et ne sera plus réutilisée ensuite.
Lightweight. Seems rarer than general works suggest. The depiction of Felicity with the cornucopia “hidden” in her dress is quite unusual and was not used again thereafter.
Lightweight. Seems rarer than general works suggest. The depiction of Felicity with the cornucopia “hidden” in her dress is quite unusual and was not used again thereafter.
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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