bpv_411171 - MARCUS AURELIUS Assarion
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 140-150
Mint name / Town : Attalia, Pamphylia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,76 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. à l’usure régulière. Frappe un peu molle au droit. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé légèrement granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite (O°).
Obverse legend : AURRHLIOS - KAI, (Aurhlios Kaisar)
Obverse translation : (Aurèle césar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste casqué et drapé d’ Athéna (Pallas) à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette.
Reverse legend : ATTALEWN
Reverse translation : (d’Attalia).
Commentary
Semble de même coinde revers que l’exemplaire du RPC IV, n° 4053, mais l’état de conservation de l’exemplaire ne permet pas de trancher. Manque aux principaux musées. Un seul exemplaire photographié pour le moment beaucoup moins beau que le nôtre.
Seems to have the same reverse die as the RPC IV example, No. 4053, but the state of preservation of the example does not allow us to decide. Missing from the main museums. Only one example photographed so far, much less beautiful than ours
Seems to have the same reverse die as the RPC IV example, No. 4053, but the state of preservation of the example does not allow us to decide. Missing from the main museums. Only one example photographed so far, much less beautiful than ours
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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