bpv_310580 - ANTONINUS PIUS Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête inhabituelle d’Antonin le Pieux. Très joli portrait de Déméter au revers. Patine grise superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à gauche (O*1).
Obverse legend : AUT K T AIL ADR - ANTwNINOS, (Autokrator Kaisar Titos Ailios Adrianos Antwninos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur César Titus Aelius Hadrien Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L-.
Reverse description : Buste de Déméter (Cérès) coiffée du calathos, voilée et drapée à droite, une torche sur l’épaule.
Reverse legend : D.
Reverse translation : (an 4).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Revers inhabituel.
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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