Live auction - brm_336055 - DIVUS ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 460 € |
| Maximum bid : | 460 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 15:34:43 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 162
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,05 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Très beau portrait d’Antonin. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS ANTONINVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Divus Antoninus”, (Divin Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DIVO - PIO/ S|C .
Reverse description : Colonne antonine surmontée d’une statue de l’empereur.
Reverse translation : “Divo Pio”, (Au divin pieux).
Commentary
Revers historiquement important.
Historical background
DIVUS ANTONINUS PIUS
(+7/03/161)
Consecration of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
Antonin was born in 86. He already fell very ill in 144 and nearly died. From 160, the Emperor is continually bedridden. At the beginning of the year 161, Antonin no longer gets up and dies on March 7, 161. He is immediately deified by Marcus Aurelius and buried in the Mausoleum of Hadrian, the current Castel Sant'Angelo. The crematorium "Ustrinum Antonini Pii" seems to be the one that was already used for the cremation of Faustina the Elder in 141. It is located in Regio IX of the Circus Maximus, west of the Corso, near the current Piazza Montecitorio.
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