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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 06 December 2022 15:06:23 |
Type : Médaillon
Date: c. 140
Mint name / Town : Ligue Ionienne
Metal : copper
Diameter : 43,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 44,65 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Joli buste. Usure importante mais exemplaire bien identifiable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Antonin le Pieux à gauche, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : AUT KAI TI ADRIANOS ANTWNEINOS EU
Obverse translation : (L’empereur César Titus Hadrien Antonin Pieux).
Reverse
Reverse description : Dieu rivière couché à gauche, des roseaux dans la main gauche et posant le bras droit sur une corne d’abondance. Un personnage nu s'approche de lui, tenant l'enfant Dionysos sur son bras droit.
Reverse legend : KOINON IG POLEWN PRO N KL FRONTWN ASIARX KAI ARXI IG POLEWN
Reverse translation : (Ligue de la ville sous N. Claudius Fronto, asiarque et archiereus des 13 cités).
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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