v34_0538 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: 180
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 22,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 40e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Beau portrait posthume de Marc Aurèle. Usure importante au revers, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS M AN-TONINVS 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 : [CONSE]CRATIO/ S|C.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un globe, tournant la tête à gauche, les ailes ouvertes.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Lightweight
Lightweight
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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