bpv_278912 - ANTONINUS PIUS Tetrassaria
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 139-161
Mint name / Town : Sidé, Pamphylie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,18 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier et bien centré des deux côtés, bien venu à la frappe, de haut relief. Beau portrait d’Antonin. Joli revers. Belle patine verte, légèrement granuleuse
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Antonin le Pieux à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUTOK AEU P P - ANTWNEIN-OS, (Autokrator Aelios Patri Patridos Antwneinos).
Obverse translation : ‘L’empereur Aelius père de la patrie Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna casquée et drapée debout à droite, tenant une grenade de la main gauche tendue et une longue javeline de la gauche.
Reverse legend : SI-DH-TwN, (Sidhtwn).
Reverse translation : (de Sidé).
Commentary
Légende de droit tout à fait inhabituelle. Semble inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. Semble de la plus grande rareté.
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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