E-auction 163-99691 - brm_164792 - MARCUS AURELIUS As
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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 82 € |
| Maximum bid : | 88 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 May 2016 14:23:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : As
Date: 155-156
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,19 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, décentré au droit sur la légende. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII F.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O°2).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Antoninus Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle césar Antonin auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT X - COS II/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) drapée assise à droite, portant sa main droite à la tête et tenant un sceptre court transversal de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate decimum Consul iterum”, (Revêtu de la dixième puissance tribunicienne, Consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux. Seul le BMC signale un exemplaire dans le stock Baldwin en 1937. Sur notre exemplaire, la Sécurité semble casquée. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié avec le buste tête nue drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O°2). Sur notre exemplaire, le buste semble héroïque avec l’épaule vue en avant.
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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