brm_561044 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 143
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. L’exemplaire reste bien lisible, surtout au revers. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne et du troisième consulat).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BRITA-N-NIA/ -|-// S C.
Reverse description : Britannia (la Bretagne) assise à gauche sur un rocher, le bras gauche appuyé sur un bouclier ovale et tenant de la main gauche une haste transversale et de la main droite et un étendard.
Reverse translation : "Britannia/ Senatus Consulto”, (La Bretagne/ avec l’accord du Sénat).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2. Revers rare et recherché avec BRITANNIA. Ce type est l’un des plus rares du règne d’Antonin le Pieux et des plus recherchés par nos voisins, les grands bretons. Il est repris modifié sur le revers des monnaies anglaises, des jetons et des médailles depuis le XVIIe siècle.
Type 2 ribbons. Rare and sought-after reverse with BRITANNIA. This type is one of the rarest from the reign of Antoninus Pius and one of the most sought-after by our neighbors, the Great Britons. It has been reproduced, modified, on the reverse of English coins, tokens, and medals since the 17th century.
Type 2 ribbons. Rare and sought-after reverse with BRITANNIA. This type is one of the rarest from the reign of Antoninus Pius and one of the most sought-after by our neighbors, the Great Britons. It has been reproduced, modified, on the reverse of English coins, tokens, and medals since the 17th century.
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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