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| Estimate : | 195 € |
| Price : | 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 October 2023 15:36:47 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 20 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, échancré à 8 heures. Beau buste de Marius. Joli revers avec une faiblesse de frappe sur la légende
Catalogue references :
EG.175 - RIC.10 - E.634 - AGK.4 b - RCV.3155 (155£) - MRK.100 /3 var. (250€) - Cunetio2505 - C.13 (10f.)
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C MARIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Marius à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Marius pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAEC - F-ELICITAS.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite un caducée et de la gauche une corne d'abondance.
Reverse translation : “Sæculi Felicitas”, (La Félicité du siècle).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.
Very light weight. With its surface silvering. Type 3 ribbons. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum
Very light weight. With its surface silvering. Type 3 ribbons. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum
Historical background
MARIUS
(06-10 or 11/269)
It seems that Marius rebels against Postum at the end of his reign. Lélien and Postume assassinated, Marius remains alone in place. Marius is in turn quickly assassinated after a short reign, nevertheless longer than the erroneous interpretation of Augustan History (two days).
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