v18_0383 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 130.00 €
Estimate : 230.00 €
Realised price : 154.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 154.00 €
Starting price : 130.00 €
Estimate : 230.00 €
Realised price : 154.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 154.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 148-149
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 850 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan large, irrégulier, mais complet avec une jolie patine de collection. Joli revers de haut relief.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES-AR AVG PII FIL.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils du pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT III - COS II.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) drapée debout à gauche, pointant le doigt au-dessus d’un globe et tenant un sceptre long de la main gauche, appuyée sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestas Tertius Consul secundus”, (Revêtu de la troisième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Sur ce type, la Concorde ne pointe pas un bâton au-dessus du globe, mais son doigt.
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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