brm_325907 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
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Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 180
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,50 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré. Beau portrait de Marc Aurèle divinisé. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine grise superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS M ANT-ONINVS PIVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Divus Marcus Antoninus Pius”, (le divin Marc Antonin pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un globe, les ailes déployées et la tête tournée à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Portrait large et massif de Marc Aurèle divinisé.
Very light weight. Large and massive portrait of Marcus Aurelius deified.
Very light weight. Large and massive portrait of Marcus Aurelius deified.
Historical background
MARCUS AURELIUS
(+180)
Consecration of Commodus
Marc Aurèle, campaigning against the Yazygues, falls ill and dies on March 17, 180 in Sirmium or Vienna, perhaps from the plague which begins to ravage the Empire again. The author of the Pensées is deified by his son Commodus.
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