v41_0554 - MARCUS AURELIUS Diassaria
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Diassaria
Date: 139-161
Mint name / Town : Philippopolis, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé, légèrement grattée et granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la liste Blançon 51 (2005), n° 431
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue à droite de Marc Aurèle à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse legend : AURHLIOS OUH-ROS KAISAR (Aurhlios ouhros Kaisar)
Obverse translation : (Aurèle Vérus césar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon nu debout à gauche, tenant un arc vertical de la main gauche et une patère de la main droite, sacrifiant au-dessus d’un autel allumé.
Reverse legend : FILIPPO-POLEITWN, (Filippopopleitwn)
Reverse translation : (De Philippopolis).
Commentary
Les ptéryges sont bien visibles sur cet exemplaire. Sur notre exemplaire, il n’y a pas de M pour (Markos) en début de légende de droit. Avec Apollon, il y a cinq variétés différentes (Varbonov 805 à 809). Ce type semble inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
The pteryges are clearly visible on this copy. On our copy, there is no M for (Markos) at the beginning of the obverse legend. With Apollo, there are five different varieties (Varbonov 805 to 809). This type seems unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works
The pteryges are clearly visible on this copy. On our copy, there is no M for (Markos) at the beginning of the obverse legend. With Apollo, there are five different varieties (Varbonov 805 to 809). This type seems unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works
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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