v21_2544 - ANTONINUS PIUS Aureus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 3 200.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 3 200.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Aureus
Date: 155-156
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 17e
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement ovale, complet des deux côtés. Très beau portrait réaliste. Revers de toute beauté, de style très fin
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS P P IMP II.
Obverse description : Tête lauré d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Imperator iterum”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la deuxième acclamation impériale).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR. POT - XIX - C-OS IIII.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate undevicesimum Consul quartum”, (Revêtu de la dix-neuvième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du British Museum (n° 862, pl. 18/10).
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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