brm_785227 - ANTONINUS PIUS As
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Type : As
Date: 138
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli portrait d’Antonin. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T AELIVS CAE-SAR ANTONINVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Titus Ælius Cæsar Hadrianus Antoninus”, (L’empereur Titus Aélius césar Hadrien Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRIB - POT COS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Deux mains jointes tenant un caducée ailé et deux épis.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestas Consul”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul).
Commentary
Ce type semble en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence .
Historical background
ANTONINUS PIUS
(02/25/138-03/7/161)
Caesar
After the death of Aélius on January 1, 138, Hadrian, ill, must find a new Caesar. The climate of the beginning of the year 138 is well rendered by Mr. Yourcenar in the “Memoirs of Hadrian”. Hadrian adopts Antonin, a distant relative of his family. On the other hand, Hadrian obliges Antonin to jointly adopt Marc Aurèle, son of Annius Vérus and Lucius Vérus, son of Aélius. Hadrian, having settled his estate and dismissed his brother-in-law and the latter's grandson, could die peacefully on July 10, 138. Hated by the Senate, he was refused apotheosis. It will take the pugnacity of Antoninus to make him deified.
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