v18_0370 - ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Denier
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 140
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 800 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beaux portraits. Usure régulière. A été légèrement nettoyé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P COS I-II.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestas Consul tertius”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS.
Reverse description : Buste tête nue, drapé de Marc Aurèle césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Reverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius Consul”, (Aurèle césar fils du pieux auguste consul).
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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