E-auction 265-186944 - brm_479930 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 53 € |
| Maximum bid : | 73 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 May 2018 14:30:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 180
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine vert foncé. Monnaie légèrement tachée. Beau portrait de Marc Aurèle au droit. Usure importante mais régulière
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 : Bûcher funéraire à quatre étages surmonté d'un quadrige vu de face.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Bûcher richement décoré dans plusieurs niches différentes.
Richly decorated pyre in several different niches
Richly decorated pyre in several different niches
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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