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Live auction - bpv_809650 - ANTONINUS PIUS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 910 € |
| Maximum bid : | 910 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 14:51:18 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: an 8
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,26 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré sur un flan éclaté à 5h. Revers agréable. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K T AIL ADR ANtwNEINOS SEB EUS (Autokratoros Kaisaros Titos Ailios Adrianos Antwneinos Sebastos Euseubios).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Titus Aelius Hadrien Antonin auguste pieux).
Reverse
Reverse description : Bustes accolés de Sérapis et d’Isis à droite, dans deux cercles de signes du zodiaque.
Reverse legend : L H.
Reverse translation : (An 8).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle. Cette drachme appartient à l’émission très particulière du zodiaque frappée en l’an 8 du règne d’Antonin.
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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