v34_0526 - MARCUS AURELIUS As, (MB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 165.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 364.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 165.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 364.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 26)
Date: 144
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Emission: 15e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait à l’usure superficielle. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII F COS.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue de Marc Aurèle césar à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O°2).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius Consul”, (Aurèle césar fils du pieux auguste consul).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HO-NOS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Honos, (l’Honneur), drapé debout à gauche, tenant une branche d’olivier de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Honos”, (L’Honneur).
Commentary
Poids léger. Portrait inhabituel avec le buste drapé sur l’épaule gauche.
Historical background
MARCUS AURELIUS
(139-03/17/180)
Caesar
Born on April 26, 121, Marc Aurèle lost his father at the age of 9. He is the grandson of Marcus Annius Verus, brother-in-law of Hadrian and related to Trajan, and the son of Domitia Lucilla, half-sister of Hadrian. He received a careful education with Herod Atticus and Fronton as teachers. In 135, he converted to stoicism, the source of his inspiration for writing the Pensées. After the death of Aelius, he is adopted by Antoninus, just like Lucius Verus, at the request of the dying Hadrian. After July 10, 138, he was engaged to Faustina, born in 128 or 132, whom he married in 145. Caesar from 139, wearing the consulate in 140, Marc Aurèle received tribunician power in 147 and succeeded Antoninus in 161.
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