v21_2545 - ANTONINUS PIUS Denier
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 138
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Flan irrégulier et légèrement échancré. Joli revers de style fin. Jolie patine de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP T AEL CAES HAD-RI ANTONINVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Titus Ælius Hadrianus Antoninus", (L’empereur Titus Aélius Hadrien Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AVG PIVS P M TR - P - COS DES II.
Reverse description : Minerve casquée et drapée avec l’égide debout à gauche, tenant une victoriola de la main droite, et une javeline de la main gauche, et appuyée sur son bouclier.
Reverse translation : "Augustus Pius Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul Designatus iterum", (auguste pieux grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul désigné pour la seconde fois).
Commentary
Ce denier a certainement été frappé entre septembre et décembre 138.
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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