Live auction - brm_863881 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	75 €
Maximum bid :	80 €
End of the sale :	24 October 2023 15:02:00
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Sesterce

Date: 147

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 32 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 24,14 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 3e

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré. Très belle tête d’Antonin, quasi TTB+. Revers agréable à l’usure régulière. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.715 - RIC.636 - BMC.4- - H.1/773 - RCV.- - MRK.35 /234

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 détenteur de la Puissance Tribunitienne Consul trois fois).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SALVS - AVG/ S|C.

Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une patère de la main gauche et nourrissant un serpent enroulé autour d'un autel.

Reverse translation : "Salus Augusti", (La Santé de l'Auguste).