brm_951344 - ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 139
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, centré des deux côtés. Jolis portraits. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P .
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Antonin le Pieux à droite .
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES AVG PII F COS DES.
Reverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite.
Reverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius Consul Designatus”, (Aurèle césar fils de pieux auguste consul désigné).
Historical background
ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR
(140-161)
On Hadrian's recommendation, Antonin adopted Marc Aurèle and Lucius Vérus. On the coinage, Marcus Aurelius appeared in 139. He took his first consulship on January 1, 140 and his second consulship on January 1, 145. He married the daughter of Antoninus, Faustina young. The following year, at the birth of their first child, he received his first tribunician power. In 161, he succeeded his adoptive father.
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