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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 522 € |
| Maximum bid : | 675 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 December 2023 14:46:09 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 153
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 29,30 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan épais, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de Marc Aurèle, détaillé. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII FIL.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°01).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT VIII - COS II/ S|C.
Reverse description : Minerve (Pallas) casquée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant une chouette de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche avec le bouclier à ses pieds.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate octavum Consul iterum”, (Revêtu de la huitième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la deuxième fois/ avec l’accord du Sénat).
Commentary
Marc Aurèle acquiert sa huitième puissance tribunicienne en 153. Pour son second consulat, il faut remonter à l’année 145, année de son mariage avec Faustine Fille.
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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