brm_300423 - MARCUS AURELIUS Dupondius
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: 161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 13,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale à l’usure très importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine marron granuleuse et piquée
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAESAR - AVG PII F.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse translation : "Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius", (Aurèle césar fils du pieux auguste).
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 dupondius 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.
This dupondius was minted between January 1 and March 7, 161, the date of Antoninus Pius's death. It is therefore one of the last issues for Marcus Aurelius Caesar.
This dupondius was minted between January 1 and March 7, 161, the date of Antoninus Pius's death. It is therefore one of the last issues for Marcus Aurelius Caesar.
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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