Live auction - brm_580643 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 28 July 2020 14:59:40 |
Type : Denier
Date: 138
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan légèrement irrégulier, bien centré au droit. Métal légèrement taché. Joli portrait. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T AEL CAES - ANTONINVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Titus Ælius Cæsar Antoninus”, (L’empereur Titus Aélius césar Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRIB PO-T - COS.
Reverse description : Diane drapée debout à droite, tenant une flèche de la main droite et un arc de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
ANTONINUS PIUS
(02/25/138-03/7/161)
Caesar
After the death of Aélius on January 1, 138, Hadrian, ill, must find a new Caesar. The climate of the beginning of the year 138 is well rendered by Mr. Yourcenar in the “Memoirs of Hadrian”. Hadrian adopts Antonin, a distant relative of his family. On the other hand, Hadrian obliges Antonin to jointly adopt Marc Aurèle, son of Annius Vérus and Lucius Vérus, son of Aélius. Hadrian, having settled his estate and dismissed his brother-in-law and the latter's grandson, could die peacefully on July 10, 138. Hated by the Senate, he was refused apotheosis. It will take the pugnacity of Antoninus to make him deified.
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