E-auction 417-328398 - brm_588897 - ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Denier
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 77 € |
| Maximum bid : | 101 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 April 2021 14:17:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 140
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan. Belle tête d’Antonin. Frappe un peu molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection P. C
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Antonin le Pieux à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES 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 de pieux auguste consul).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement léger. Fourré ?. Sur cet exemplaires, l’auguste et le césar sont tête nue ce qui semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous présentons un exemplaire de ce type.
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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