E-auction 291-210992 - brm_363311 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 53 € |
| Maximum bid : | 70 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 November 2018 14:29:00 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 180
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Frappe un peu faible au revers. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Bougey en 1952 et de la collection G. G. (1907-2002)
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS M ANT-ONINVS PIVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Divus Marcus Antoninus Pius”, (Divin Marc Antonin pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, les ailes repliées, la tête tournée à droite, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Césure de légende de droit inhabituelle. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
MARCUS AURELIUS
(+180)
Consecration of Commodus
Marc Aurèle, campaigning against the Yazygues, falls ill and dies on March 17, 180 in Sirmium or Vienna, perhaps from the plague which begins to ravage the Empire again. The author of the Pensées is deified by his son Commodus.
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