brm_261124 - ANTONINUS PIUS Aureus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 3 200.00 €
Type : Aureus
Date: 145
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 7,31 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait particulier d’Antonin. Revers de haut relief. Petit graffiti dans le champ à droite derrière Rome
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé d’Antonin le Pieux à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR PO-T - COS IIII.
Reverse description : Roma (Rome) assise à gauche, drapée, tenant un palladium de la main droite tendue et un sceptre long de la main gauche, appuyée sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Tibunicia Potestate Consul quartum”, (Revêtu d ela puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Un seul ruban visible. Petit pan de paludamentum visible sur l’épaule gauche. Buste tout à fait inhabituel pour Antonin le Pieux. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Calico, n° 1658.
Only one ribbon visible. Small piece of paludamentum visible on the left shoulder. Bust quite unusual for Antoninus Pius. Same obverse corner as the copy reproduced in Calico's work, no. 1658
Only one ribbon visible. Small piece of paludamentum visible on the left shoulder. Bust quite unusual for Antoninus Pius. Same obverse corner as the copy reproduced in Calico's work, no. 1658
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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