brm_342933 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 156-157
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait expressif. Joli revers de frappe un peu molle. Belle patine de collection avec des reflets dorés, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES - ANTON AVG PII F.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Antonini Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle césar fils d’Antonin le pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT X-I - C-OS II.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant un caducée de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche, appuyée sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate undecimum Consul iterum”, (Revêtu de la onzième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Belle tête de Marc Aurèle César.
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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