bpv_831802 - ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Unité
100.00 €(Approx. 117.00$ | 87.00£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Unité
Date: c. 145-161
Mint name / Town : Nicomédie, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 11,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Jolis bustes. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT KAISAR ANTWNINOS
Obverse translation : (L’empereur César Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Marc Aurèle césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°01).
Reverse legend : M AUR OURHROS KAIS NIKOM
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
50 Dinars ALGERIA 1964 P.124a F+
30.00 €
1000 Roubles RUSSIA 1921 P.112a UNC-
15.00 €
PHOCAS Demi-follis XF
22.00 €
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PHILIP II Quart d’unité XF
125.00 €
INSURANCES Médaille, La Nationale AU
30.00 €
CHARLES II LE CHAUVE / THE BALD Denier VF
218.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
