v38_0596 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce, (MB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 225.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 255.00 €
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 225.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 255.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (MB, Æ 32)
Date: 143
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 29,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de flan large et épais avec le grènetis visible au droit. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé. Usure régulière
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestas Consul tertium”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IM-PER-A-TOR - II/ S|C.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée debout à droite, tenant deux épis de la main droite et un plateau rempli de fruits.
Reverse translation : “Imperator iterum”, (Deuxième acclamation impériale).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 2. Type de revers inhabituel et césure de légende peu courante .
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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