bpv_430107 - MARCUS AURELIUS Hemiassarion
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Hemiassarion
Date: c. 144-150
Mint name / Town : Magnésie du Sipyle, Lydie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,30 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Marc Aurèle. Joli revers inhabituel. Belle patine verte
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse legend : AURHLIOS - KAI (Aurhlios Kaisar)
Obverse translation : (Aurèle césar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Enfant (Ploutos ?) debout à gauche relevant son chiton contenant des fruits.
Reverse legend : MAGNHTWN - SIPILOU
Reverse translation : (Magnésie du Sipyle).
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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