v32_0236 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 148
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 20e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan régulier, légèrement échancré à 5 heures. Très beau portrait. Joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XVII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate septimum decimum”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la dix-septième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COS - IIII.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) drapée, debout à droite, tenant un gouvernail posé sur un globe de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consul quartum”, (Consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, nous devons bien lire TR P XVII et non TR P XV comme certains ouvrages le décrivent.
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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