v53_0320 - ANTONINUS PIUS As, (MB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 53 (2012)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 480.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 480.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 28)
Date: 145-161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 11,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, bien centré. Très beau portrait d’Antonin bien venu à la frappe et de haut relief. Revers de style fin. Belle patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ”, (Antonin auguste, pieux, père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT - COS IIII/ S|C.
Reverse description : Æternitas (l’Éternité), drapée debout à gauche, la main droite tendue et la main gauche tenant un objet (une écharpe ?).
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul quartum”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2.
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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