bpv_880528 - ANTONINUS PIUS Drachme
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Price : 300.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: an 17
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,22 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie frappée sur un flan centré. De beaux reliefs malgré l’usure. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Antonin à droite.
Obverse legend : AUT K T AIL ADR - ANtwNINOS SE (Autokratoros Kaisaros Titos Ailios Adrianos Antwneinos Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Titus Aelius Hadrien Antonin auguste pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L - B.
Reverse description : Aigle déployant les ailes de face ; au-dessus, une tête de Sérapis tournée à droite.
Reverse translation : (An 2).
Commentary
Variante de légende de droit.
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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