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Live auction - brm_738643 - ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Sesterce - Proto-contorniate

ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Sesterce - Proto-contorniate VF
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 26 July 2022 15:00:20
Type : Sesterce - Proto-contorniate
Date: 141
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 29,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
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.
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 CAESAR AVG PII F COS// S. C.
Reverse description : Tête nue Marc Aurèle césar à gauche .
Reverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius Consul/ Senatus Consulto”, (Aurèle césar fils de pieux auguste consul/ avec l’accord du Sénat).

Commentary


Poids lourd. Sesterce sûrement transformé en proto-contorniate au IVe siècle.

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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