v34_0514 - ANTONINUS PIUS As, (MB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 26)
Date: 153-154
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier. Beau portrait expressif. Très joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Très belle patine vert olive foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XVII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate septimum decimum”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la dix-septième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANNONA - AVG COS IIII/ S|C.
Reverse description : Annona (l'Annone) debout de face tournée à droite, tenant de la main gauche une branche d'olivier et des épis de la main droite ; à gauche, un modius posé sur un cippe ; à droite, un panier rempli de fruits.
Reverse translation : “Annona Augusti Consul quartum”, (l’Annone de l’auguste consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans invisibles.
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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