brm_893681 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
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Price : 300.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 300.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 139
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Beau portrait. Patine grise avec reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite d’Antonin le Pieux (O°).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Titus Ælius Hadrianus Antoninus", (L’empereur Titus Aélius Hadrien Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AVG PIVS P M TR P COS II.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) drapée debout à gauche, tenant un gouvernail placé au-dessus d’un globe de la main gauche et une corne d’abondance de la main droite.
Reverse translation : "Augustus Pius Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul iterum", (Auguste pieux grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la seconde fois).
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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