Live auction - brm_989578 - ANTONINUS PIUS Aureus
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| Starting price : | 4 500 € |
| Estimate : | 8 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 04 March 2025 14:46:25 |
Type : Aureus
Date: 143
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 7,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très beau portrait d’Antonin, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à gauche.
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Antonin auguste père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA AETERNA.
Reverse description : Rome assise à gauche, casquée et drapée, tenant de la main droite une Victoriola et de la gauche un sceptre ; sous le siège, un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Roma Aeterna” (Rome éternelle).
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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