E-auction 337-251786 - brm_539149 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 55 € |
| Price : | 32 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 September 2019 14:33:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 169
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré. Métal cristallisé. Portrait agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant du trésor d’Alexandre (Vert-en-Drouais)
Obverse
Obverse legend : M ANTONINVS AVG - TR P XXIIII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Marc Aurèle à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Antoninus Augustus Tribunicia Potestate quartum vicesimum”, (Marc Antonin auguste revêtu de la vingt-quatrième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELICITAS - AVG COS III.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapé debout à gauche, tenant un caducée de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Augusti Consul tertium”, (La Félicité de l’auguste consul pour la troisième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Un seul ruban visible. Au revers, Felicitas tient un sceptre au lieu de la corne d’abondance habituelle.
Historical background
MARCUS AURELIUS
(139-03/17/180)
Augustus
Caesar from 139, wearing the consulship for 140, Marc Aurèle receives tribunician power in 147 and succeeds Antonin in 161. His personal reign is marked by the Parthian war (162-165). After the death of Lucius Verus in 169, he had to face the Germanic invasions and the plague which ravaged the Empire. Marcus Aurelius associates his son Commodus with the Empire from 175 and dies of the plague in 180 in Vienna.
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