v36_0460 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: 148-149
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 20,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, légèrement éclaté à 8 heures au droit. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel. Patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P XII..
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate duodecimum", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne pour la douzième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COS - IIII/ S|C// VOTA.
Reverse description : Antonin, voilé, vêtu de la toge, tenant une patère de la main droite et un rouleau de la main gauche, sacrifiant au-dessus d’un trépied allumé.
Reverse translation : "Consul quartum/ Vota", (Consul pour la quatrième fois/ Vœux).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Un seul ruban visible. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.
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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