v31_0291 - MARCUS AURELIUS Dupondius, (MB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Dupondius, (MB, Æ 28)
Date: 142
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,75 g.
Officine: 5e
Emission: 14e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Joli revers. Magnifique patine vert jade, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII F COS.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius Consul”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux consul).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVG/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : couteau, aspersoir, vase à sacrifices (capis), lituus et simpulum.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augusti”, (La Piété de l’auguste).
Commentary
Nous sommes bien en présence d’un dupondius et pas d’un as.
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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