brm_1123517 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce
200.00 €(Approx. 234.00$ | 174.00£)
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Type : Sesterce
Date: c. 153-154
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 23,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau sesterce, bien que légèrement regravé. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CA-ESAR AVG PII FIL.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Caesar Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle César Auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT VIII - COS II// SC.
Reverse description : Minerve casquée et drapée, assise à droite, tenant une haste de la main droite et son bouclier de la main gauche appuyé contre sa jambe.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestas octavus Consul secundus”, (Revêtu de la huitième Puissance Tribunitienne Consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Très beau buste de Marc Aurèle César dans la force de l’âge. Avec ce type de buste drapé et cuirassé, ce type n’est pas signalé dans les principaux ouvrages de référence.
A very fine bust of Marcus Aurelius Caesar in the prime of life. With this type of draped and armored bust, this type is not mentioned in the main reference works.
A very fine bust of Marcus Aurelius Caesar in the prime of life. With this type of draped and armored bust, this type is not mentioned in the main reference works.
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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