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Type : Sesterce
Date: 159
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,76 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Sesterce bien centré. Faiblesse de frappe au revers, et une partie de la légende hors flan. Tête agréable au droit. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XXII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate duovicesimum", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la vingt-deuxième puissance tribunicienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [CO]S - [IIII]/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Temple distyle à coupole semi-circulaire contenant une statue du Génie du Sénat posée sur une base.
Reverse translation : "Consul quartum", (Consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Ce type n’est frappé qu’en 159 et 160.
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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