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