brm_404062 - MARCUS AURELIUS As
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 225.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : As
Date: 145
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,57 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce type rare ! Joli revers. Patine marron au droit, verte au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES - ANTON AVG PII F COS.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Antoninus Augusti Pii Filius Consul”, (Aurèle césar Antonin auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux consul).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTA - PVBLICA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Marc-Aurèle drapé, debout dans le champ à droite et Faustine jeune drapée, debout dans le champ à gauche se serrant la main ; au milieu, la Concorde drapée.
Reverse translation : “Consul iterum”, (Consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Rare représentation historiquement importante. Type émis pour le mariage de Marc-Aurèle, alors âgé de 24 ans avec la fille d’Antonin, de 6 ou 7 ans sa cadette ! (cf. RCV page 299).
Historical background
MARCUS AURELIUS
(139-03/17/180)
Caesar
Born on April 26, 121, Marc Aurèle lost his father at the age of 9. He is the grandson of Marcus Annius Verus, brother-in-law of Hadrian and related to Trajan, and the son of Domitia Lucilla, half-sister of Hadrian. He received a careful education with Herod Atticus and Fronton as teachers. In 135, he converted to stoicism, the source of his inspiration for writing the Pensées. After the death of Aelius, he is adopted by Antoninus, just like Lucius Verus, at the request of the dying Hadrian. After July 10, 138, he was engaged to Faustina, born in 128 or 132, whom he married in 145. Caesar from 139, wearing the consulate in 140, Marc Aurèle received tribunician power in 147 and succeeded Antoninus in 161.
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