v08_0223 - ANTONINUS PIUS As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 167.69 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
Realised price : 190.56 €
Starting price : 167.69 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
Realised price : 190.56 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: 140
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 12e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire. Petite faiblesse de frappe sur le portrait. Magnifique patine vert noir / Revers de très haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : (Antonin auguste pieux, père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR - POT COS - III// S-C.
Reverse description : Caducée ailé entre deux cornes d'abondance affrontées.
Reverse translation : (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la troisième fois).
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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