brm_963279 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
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Price : 170.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 170.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 148-149
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,35 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe portrait d’Antonin. Revers agréable, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate duodecimum”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la douzième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COS IIII.
Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite tendue au-dessus d’un autel allumé autour duquel un serpent s’enroule et un gouvernail posé sur un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consul quartum”, (Consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Revers inhabituel associant les attributs de Fortuna et de Salus.
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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