v21_2613 - MARCUS AURELIUS Moyen bronze, dupondius ou as (MB, Æ 25)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Moyen bronze, dupondius ou as (MB, Æ 25)
Date: 147
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 20e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Petit éclat sur la tranche à 1 heure. Beau portrait. Sans patine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES-AR AVG PII F COS II.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius Consul iterum”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux consul pour la deuxième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IV/VEN/TVS/ SC.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes dans une couronne de chêne.
Reverse translation : “Iuventus/ Senatus Consulto”, (La Jeunesse/ avec l’accord du Sénat).
Commentary
Poids léger. Même coin de revers que l’exemplaire du British Museum (n° 1798, pl. 43, n°13). Suivant les auteurs, ce bronze est un dupondius (BMC) ou un as (Hill). Pour notre exemplaire, avec un poids léger, devrait être un as.
Light weight. Same reverse die as the British Museum example (no. 1798, pl. 43, no. 13). Depending on the author, this bronze is a dupondius (BMC) or an ace (Hill). Our example, with its light weight, should be an ace
Light weight. Same reverse die as the British Museum example (no. 1798, pl. 43, no. 13). Depending on the author, this bronze is a dupondius (BMC) or an ace (Hill). Our example, with its light weight, should be an ace
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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