E-auction 125-66565 - brm_353705 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | 221 € |
| Maximum bid : | 230 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 September 2015 15:27:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 155-156
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,09 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Antonin. Joli revers inhabituel à l’usure régulière. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS PP IMP II.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Antonin le Pieux à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Imperator iterum”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la deuxième acclamation impériale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT/ XIX/ COS IIII/ S|C EN QUATRE LIGNES.
Reverse description : Dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate unvicesimum Consul quartum”, (Revêtu de la dix-neuvième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Drapé large visible sur l’épaule et sur le dos. Ce type, bien que signalé par le BMC et dans la nomenclature de Jean Lacourt, non publiée pour le moment, mais très utile pour le classement des sesterces des Antonins (98-192), semble totalement inédit avec ce buste au drapé large !.
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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