Live auction - brm_738643 - ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Sesterce - Proto-contorniate

ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Sesterce - Proto-contorniate VF

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Estimate :	300 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	26 July 2022 15:00:20

Type : Sesterce - Proto-contorniate

Date: 141

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 33,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 29,16 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Catalogue references :

C.33 - RIC.1214 - SIR.13

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Antonin le Pieux à droite.

Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).

Reverse

Reverse legend : AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS// S. C.

Reverse description : Tête nue Marc Aurèle césar à gauche .

Reverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius Consul/ Senatus Consulto”, (Aurèle césar fils de pieux auguste consul/ avec l’accord du Sénat).

Commentary

Poids lourd. Sesterce sûrement transformé en proto-contorniate au IVe siècle.
Heavyweight. Sestertius was probably transformed into a proto-contorniate in the 4th century.