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| Estimate : | 150 € |
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| End of the sale : | 14 November 2023 15:32:19 |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 7
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine grise
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Antonin le Pieux à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : ANTwNINOS SEB EUSEB (Antoninws Sebastos Eusebhs).
Obverse translation : (Antonin Auguste Pieux).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste, tête nue, drapé, de Marc Aurèle César à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Reverse legend : M AURH KAISAR.
Reverse translation : (Marc Aurèle César).
Historical background
ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR
(140-161)
On Hadrian's recommendation, Antonin adopted Marc Aurèle and Lucius Vérus. On the coinage, Marcus Aurelius appeared in 139. He took his first consulship on January 1, 140 and his second consulship on January 1, 145. He married the daughter of Antoninus, Faustina young. The following year, at the birth of their first child, he received his first tribunician power. In 161, he succeeded his adoptive father.
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