brm_292552 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
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Price : 240.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 240.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 148
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,52 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait juvénile de Marc Aurèle. Frappe un peu molle au revers avec un plat sur la légende. Jolie patine de de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII F.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT II - COS II.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) debout à droite, tenant des épis de blé de la main droite et un panier de fruits de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul iterum”, (Revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Tête de Marc Aurèle imberbe.
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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