v28_0204 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: 148-149
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Portrait de haut relief sur un flan légèrement granuleux, servi par une patine verte superficielle. Revers de joli style
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XII.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Antonin le Pieux à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate duodecimum”, (Antonin auguste pieux, père de la patrie, revêtu de la douzième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANNO-NA AVG/ S|C// COS IIII.
Reverse description : Annona (l’Annone) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant deux épis de blé au-dessus d’un modius de la main droite, un gouvernail de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Annona Augusti/ Consul quartum”, (L’Annone de l’auguste consul/ pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Le type avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule droite (O*2) semble beaucoup plus rare.
Lightweight. The type with a panel of paludamentum on the right shoulder (O*2) seems much rarer
Lightweight. The type with a panel of paludamentum on the right shoulder (O*2) seems much rarer
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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