brm_916865 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 140
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Joli portrait d’Antonin le Pieux. Patine foncée
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 : TR POT COS III// SC.
Reverse description : La louve allaitant Rémus et Romulus dans une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunicienne, consul pour la troisième 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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