v21_2641 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)

MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
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Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)

Date: 180

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 18,93 g.

Rarity : R1

Emission: 40e

Coments on the condition:

Très beau portrait. Flan irrégulier et un peu court sur les légendes. Jolie patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

C.94 (10f.) - RIC.660 (Commode) - BMC/RE.395 (Commode), pl. 101/6 - RCV.5984 (1100$) - MIR.18/486 /6-10 - MRK.37 /266 var. (2000€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVVS M ANTO-NINVS 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// SC.

Reverse description : Marc Aurèle assis à gauche sur un aigle debout sur un foudre, s’envolant à droite, les ailes déployées.

Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).

Commentary

Poids très léger.

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.

MARCUS AURELIUS Médaille, Reproduction d’un sesterce de Marc-Aurèle, n°181 AU

90.00 €

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MARCUS AURELIUS Unité VF/XF

300.00 €

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MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce VF

150.00 €

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MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce VF/XF

295.00 €

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MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce XF/VF

200.00 €

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MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce VF/XF

175.00 €

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v21_2641 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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