v34_0513 - ANTONINUS PIUS As, (MB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 186.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 212.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 186.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 212.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 28)
Date: 140
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,03 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel de style fin. Magnifique patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
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 III/ -|-// S. C.
Reverse description : Rome casquée et drapée, trônant à droite, la main droite soutenant sa tête et tenant une haste transversale de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 2. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Cette représentation de Rome au repos est inhabituelle et rare.
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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