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| Estimate : | 115 € |
| Price : | 57 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 March 2014 16:14:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: c. 151-152
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 19,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan piqué avec des manques de métal au revers. Très beau portrait. Usure importante au revers, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Jolie patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAESAR - AVG PII FIL.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle césar à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [TR POT VI] - COS II/ VIR|TVS// [SC].
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casqué, vêtu militairement, debout à gauche, tenant le parazonium de la main droite et une haste de la main gauche, le pied droit semble posé sur un casque.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate sextum Consul iterum/ Virtus”, (revêtu de la sixième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la deuxième fois/ laVIrilité).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
Very light weight
Very light weight
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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TIBERIUS Denier AU
380.00 €
COMMODUS Sesterce VF/VF
75.00 €
MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce XF
225.00 €
COMMODUS Denier AU/XF
125.00 €
PLAETORIA Denier MS
450.00 €
ANTIA Denier XF
350.00 €
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