Live auction - brm_421280 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 740 € |
| Maximum bid : | 780 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 March 2017 14:41:09 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: novembre - décembre
Date: 144
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,63 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste inhabituel d’Antonin le Pieux. Très joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Jean Vinchon Numismatique
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Antonin le Pieux, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium", (Antonin Auguste Pieux Père de la Patrie détenteur de la Puissance Tribunitienne Consul trois fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D-ES II-II/ S|C.
Reverse description : Salus/Fortuna (la Santé/la Fortune) drapée debout à gauche, tenant un gouvernail placé sur un globe de la main gauche et une patère de la main droite et nourrissant un serpent enroulé autour d'un autel.
Reverse translation : "Salus Augusti", (La Santé de l'Auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2. Pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule gauche et derrière le cou. C’est le second exemplaire signalé de cette très rare variante de buste.
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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