Live auction - brm_551389 - ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Médaillon contorniate
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 15:04:53 |
Type : Médaillon contorniate
Date: mars - juillet
Date: 139
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 37,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 36,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centré des deux côtés. Usure régulière. Quelques faiblesses. Joli buste de Marc Aurèle César. Patine vert foncé
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Numismatica Ars Classica Q du 6 Avril 2006, lot n° 1856
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES HADR ANTO-NINVS AVGPIVS P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ”, (L’empereur césar Hadrien Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES AVG PII F COS DES.
Reverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Marc Aurèle à gauche, vu de trois quarts en arrière .
Reverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius Consul Designatum”, (Aurèle césar fils de pieux auguste consul).
Commentary
Trous à 12h et 6h.
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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