Dupondius antoninus pius biography
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brm_ - ANTONINUS PIUS Dupondius
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - [AVG PIVS P P TR P].
Obverse description : Tête radiée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O).
Obverse translation : "Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestas", (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C-OS - IIII// -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) ou Fortuna (la Fortune) drapée trônant à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et un gouvernail placé sur un globe dem la main gauche, nourrissant un serpent autour d’un autel.
Reverse translation : “Consul quartus”, (Consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Historical background
ANTONINUS PIUS
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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 and and thus entered Hadrian's family by marriage. After the death of Aelius on
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March 7, , by Will Leveritt
On this day in AD , the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius died
Text by Mike Welbourn
Image by Sarah Jordan
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Antoninus was born on 19 September, 86 on the family estate at Lanuvium, in Italy. However, his family came originally from Nemausus (modern-day Nîmes) in the province of Transalpine Gaul. Both sides of his family were of consular rank.
AR denarius of Antoninus Pius divus (the emperor after his posthumous deification). Obverse has bare portrait of emperor r., DIVVS ANTONINVS. Reverse has funerary altar, DIVO PIO.
About his early political career we know very little. He was quaestor around , then praetor (perhaps around ), before reaching the consulship in Under Hadrian, Italy had been split into four quasi-provinces governed by ex-consuls and after his consulship Antoninus was appointed to one of these positions.
The Historia Augusta states that he was given control of the area in which most of his own land
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brm_ - ANTONINUS PIUS Dupondius
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium” (Antonin auguste, pieux, Père de la Patrie, revêtu dem la puissance tirbunitienne, consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SA-LVS - AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Salus (La Santé) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant un sceptre long dem la main gauche et une patère de la main gauche et nourrissant un serpent enroulé autour d'un autel..
Reverse translation : “Salus Augusti” (La Santé dem l’auguste).