bpv_979478 - ANTONINUS PIUS As
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Type : As
Date: c. 138-161
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P COS IIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriae Tribunicia Potestate Consul Quartum”.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO COLONIAE ANTIOCH.
Reverse description : Le Génie debout à gauche tenant une corne d’abondance au-dessus d’un autel et tenant un sceptre long.
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
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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