brm_334780 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 115.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 146
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,09 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux cotés. Portrait quasi SUP. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C-OS - IIII.
Reverse description : Æquitas (l’Équité) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consul quartum”, (Consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Au revers, l’Équité semble voilée et coiffée du stéphané, ce qui semble inhabituel et fait plutôt penser à Vesta ou à Concordia. Au revers, l’entité tient un long sceptre aux extrémités bouletées.
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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