brm_967485 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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Price : 75.00 €
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Price : 75.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 159
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée sur un flan fissuré à 2h. Portrait agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P XXII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriae Tribunicia Potestate vicesimus iterum", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la vingt-deuxième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST/ S|C// COS IIII.
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle à huit colonnes au centre duquel figurent les statues d'Auguste et Livie, et deux statues sur les marches posées sur des cippes. Le fronton triangulaire est orné d’une statue debout à gauche.
Reverse translation : "Templum Divi Augusti Restituit// Consul quartum", (Il restaura le temple du divin Auguste// Consul pour la quatrième fois).
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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