bpv_757744 - ANTONINUS PIUS and MARCUS AURELIUS CAESAR Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: c. 145-161
Mint name / Town : Chypre
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Jolis portraits. Usure régulière. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antonin le Pieux à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K T AIL ADR ANTWNINOS SEB E.
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Titus Aelius Hadrien Antonin auguste pieux).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Marc Aurèle césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°01).
Reverse legend : M AURHLIOS KAISAR UIOS EUSEB.
Reverse translation : (Marc Aurèle césar fils du Pieux).
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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