v49_0597 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 1 200.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 200.00 €
Starting price : 1 200.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 200.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: 145
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 27,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Portrait magnifique, de toute beauté, de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Revers de style fin et de haut relief. Belle patine vert olive, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAESAR - AVG PII F COS II.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (A°2).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Caesar Augusti Pii Filius Consul iterum”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le pieux consul pour la deuxième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Minerve casquée et drapée, l’égide flottant au vent, marchant à droite, brandissant un javelot de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Senatus Consulto”, (Par Décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Portrait de Marc Aurèle légèrement barbu. Le pan de paludamentum est visible de chaque côté du buste, il tombe sur la base du cou.
Portrait of Marcus Aurelius with a slight beard. The paludamentum is visible on each side of the bust, falling to the base of the neck.
Portrait of Marcus Aurelius with a slight beard. The paludamentum is visible on each side of the bust, falling to the base of the neck.
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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