brm_177676 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: c. 147
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 18,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré à l’usure très importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Sans patine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII F.
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 - COS II/ S|C.
Reverse description : Minerve (Pallas) casquée et drapée debout à droite, tenant une haste longue verticale de la main droite, la main gauche appuyée sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Consul iterum”, (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la deuxième fois/ avec l’accord du Sénat).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Émission réalisée à l’occasion de la prise de puissance tribunitienne de Marc Aurèle.
Very light weight. Issue made on the occasion of Marcus Aurelius's seizure of power as tribunician
Very light weight. Issue made on the occasion of Marcus Aurelius's seizure of power as tribunician
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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