v16_0533 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: 159
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Très joli revers avec une patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XXII.
Obverse description : Buste nu, tête laurée, d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriae Tribunicia Potestas Tribunicia Potestas vicesimus secundus", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la vingt-deuxième Puissance tribunicienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AEDE DIVI - AVG REST// COS IIII.
Reverse description : Temple à huit colonnes au centre duquel figurent les statues d'Auguste et Livie, et deux personnages sur les marches.
Reverse translation : "Ædes Divi Augusti Restituit// Consul quartus", (Il restaura le temple du divin Auguste// 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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