v21_2554 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 144
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 17e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan large et irrégulier. Revers inhabituel
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS PP.
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 : COS. III - DES. IIII.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casquée, vêtue militairement debout à gauche, tenant une haste renversée de la main droite et le parazonium de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consul tertium Designatus quartum”, (Consul pour la troisième fois désigné pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Ce denier avec l’indication du quatrième consulat désigné est fabriqué normalement entre les mois de septembre et de décembre 144.
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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