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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 230 € |
| Maximum bid : | 230 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 15:09:50 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : As
Date: décembre 179 -mars 180
Date: 177-178
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très beau revers, finement détaillé. Frappe un peu faible au droit. Patine verte naturelle
Obverse
Obverse legend : M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXXII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Marc Aurèle à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Tribunicia Potestate iterum tricesimum”, (Marc Aurèle Antonin auguste revêtu de la trente-deuxième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP VIIII - COS III P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) ailée, drapée debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Imperator undecimum consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Revêtu de la neuvième acclamation impériale consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Historical background
MARCUS AURELIUS
(139-03/17/180)
Augustus
Caesar from 139, wearing the consulship for 140, Marc Aurèle receives tribunician power in 147 and succeeds Antonin in 161. His personal reign is marked by the Parthian war (162-165). After the death of Lucius Verus in 169, he had to face the Germanic invasions and the plague which ravaged the Empire. Marcus Aurelius associates his son Commodus with the Empire from 175 and dies of the plague in 180 in Vienna.
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