bpv_311191 - ANTONINUS PIUS Drachme
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Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: 139
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 700 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un petit flan irrégulier. Très belle tête d’Antonin le Pieux. Revers fantastique. Magnifique patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés et bleutés acier. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O°).
Obverse legend : AUTOKR ANTwNEINOS SEBASTOS, (Autokratoros Antwneinos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Le mont Argée avec des arbres sur ses flancs.
Reverse legend : UPA-TOS. B., (Upatos B).
Reverse translation : (Consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Seulement quatre exemplaires de ce type dans le trésor de Cappadoce (W. Metcalf, The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus, NNM.166, New-York 1996, p. 128, n° 122, pl. 54 (4 ex.).
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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