v19_0219 - ANTONINUS PIUS Assarion
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Assarion
Date: 218-222
Mint name / Town : Philippopolis, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Légèrement décentré au revers. Jolie patine vert noir. Revers inhabituel
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : [AU]T AI ADRI - ANTWNEIN, (Autokrator Adrianos Antoneinos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Ajax nu, debout à gauche, tenant un bouclier.
Reverse legend : FILIPP[OPO]LEITWN, (Filippopopleitwn)
Reverse translation : (de Philippopolis).
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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