brm_193163 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 159-160
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centré. Joli portrait de style inhabituel. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate vicesimum tertium”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la vingt-troisième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA - COS III.
Reverse description : Rome nicéphore trônant à gauche, casquée et drapée assise à gauche, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et une haste de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Roma Consul quartum”, (Rome consul pour la quatrième 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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