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v21_2608 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier

MARCUS AURELIUS Denier  AU/AU
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Joli revers, historiquement important. Flan légèrement éclaté à 5 heures
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES-AR AVG PII F.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux).

Reverse


Reverse legend : TR POT XV - COS III.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) ou Faustine jeune drapée debout à gauche, tenant deux enfants dans les bras ; à ses pieds, un enfant de chaque côté.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate quintum decimum Consul tertium”, (revêtu de la quinzième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la troisième).

Commentary


Ce denier a été frappé entre le 1er janvier et le 7 mars 161, date de la mort d’Antonin le Pieux. C’est donc l’une des dernières émissions pour Marc Aurèle César.

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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