brm_115429 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 580.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 580.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 143
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,01 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REX ARMENIIS - DATVS// SC.
Reverse description : Antonin debout à droite tourné à gauche, vêtu de la toge, tenant de la main gauche un volumen, posant la tiare de la main droite sur la tête du roi d’Arménie debout à gauche tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Rex Armenis Datus”, (le roi des Arméniens choisi).
Commentary
Poids léger. Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Cayon (SIR, p. 381, n° 2).
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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