v31_0266 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)
Date: 139
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 30,63 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très épais et irrégulier. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait. Revers historiquement important. Épaisse patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S-Y-[RIA]/ S|C/ COS II.
Reverse description : Syria (la Syrie) drapée et tourelée debout à gauche, le pied droit posé sur l’Oronte nageant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consul iterum”, (Consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Exemplaire beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer 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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