Live auction - brm_566290 - ANTONINUS PIUS Aureus
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| Estimate : | 6 500 € |
| Price : | 4 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 March 2020 14:57:13 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Aureus
Date: 150-151
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire, centré. Joli buste. Fine usure superficielle. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son brillant de frappe. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A. L
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P XIIII.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Antonin le Pieux à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ tribunicia Potestate quartum decimum” (Antonin auguste, pieux, Père de la Patrie, revêtu de la quatorzième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LAETITIA - CO-S IIII.
Reverse description : Cérès tenant des épis et Proserpine tenant une pomme, debout côte à côte et se regardant.
Reverse translation : “Laetitia Consul quartum” (La Joie, consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Ne semble pas référencé dans les ouvrages de référence avec le buste lauré et drapé sur l’épaule gauche.
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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