brm_972203 - ANTONINUS PIUS Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: 156-157
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 10,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan court, centré. Joli portrait d’Antonin. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P IMP II.
Obverse description : Tête radié d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Imperator iterum”, (Antonin auguste, pieux, père de la patrie, empereur pour la seconde fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT XX - C-OS IIII/ S|C.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) drapée debout à gauche, pointant la main au-dessus d’un globe et tenant de la main gauche un sceptre long.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate vicesimum Consul quartum”, (Revêtu de la vingtième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la quatrième fois).
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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