v45_0382 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 146
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Emission: 19e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Très beau portrait, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
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 fils du pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CO-S - II.
Reverse description : “Honos” (l’Honneur), drapé debout à gauche, tenant une branche d’olivier de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consul iterum”, (Consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Beau portrait juvénile.
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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