v28_0209 - ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Sesterce, (GB, Æ 34)
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 34)
Date: 141
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 29,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 13e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et complet, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beaux portraits. Patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Tête laurée 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 CAE-SAR 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
Intéressante émission dynastique.
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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