brm_835758 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
250.00 €(Approx. 265.00$ | 207.50£)
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Type : Denier
Date: 153-154
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,40 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe portrait d’Antonin. Revers de style fin. Patine grise
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P XVII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriae Tribunicia Potestas septimus decimus".
Reverse
Reverse legend : C-OS - IIII.
Reverse description : Annona (l'Annone) debout à gauche, voilée et drapée, tenant deux épis de la main droite, la main gauche posée sur un modius, posé sur une proue de galère à droite.
Reverse translation : "Consul quartus".
Commentary
Un seul ruban visible. Sur cet exemplaire le modius au revers ne semble pas posé sur une proue, mais sur un autel. Dans MONNAIES V, n° 235 cet exemplaire s’est vendu 200€.
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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