v32_0242 - ANTONINUS PIUS Dupondius, (MB, Æ 25)
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Dupondius, (MB, Æ 25)
Date: 155-156
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,97 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, un peu court sur les légendes. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Très jolie patine vert olive foncé avec deux minuscules oxydations au droit sur le portrait
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P IMP II.
Obverse description : Tête radiée 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 - COS IIII// S C.
Reverse description : Annona (L'Annone) drapée assise à droite, tenant des deux mains une corne d’abondance ; à ses pieds, un modius.
Reverse translation : "Tribunicia Potestate undevicesimum Consul quartum", (Revêtu de la dix-neuvième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Représentation inhabituelle de l’Annone.
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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