v45_0388 - MARCUS AURELIUS Drachme, (GB, Æ 33)
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 420.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 050.00 €
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 420.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 050.00 €
Type : Drachme, (GB, Æ 33)
Date: an 12
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et irrégulier, mal venu sur les légendes. Beau portrait de Marc Aurèle César à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Représentation du revers inhabituelle, rare et recherché. Patine marron foncé granuleuse, légèrement taché au droit
Catalogue references :
BMC.1241 - GIC.- - Milne- - MRKA.- - Cop.- - AC.1889 (1 ex.) - RCV.5097 (275$) - MRMA.37 /20 (250€) - D.3204
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue Marc Aurèle César à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse legend : [M AU]RHLIOS KAIS[AR], (Markos Aurhlios Kaisar).
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèle césar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Isis Pharia drapée debout à droite, tenant un bateau verticalement par la poupe de la main droite ; devant elle, le Pharos (le phare d’Alexandrie).
Reverse legend : DwDE-KAT-OU.
Reverse translation : (An 12).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle du revers avec Isis Pharia, un bateau et le phare.
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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