Live auction - brm_555124 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce

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Estimate :	2 000 €
Price :	1 350 €
Maximum bid :	1 488 €
End of the sale :	03 December 2019 15:05:23
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Sesterce

Date: 161

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 33,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 31,43 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste de l’Empereur. Joli revers présentant une usure superficielle. Patine marron-vert

Catalogue references :

C.45 var - RIC.825 - BMC/RE.847 var. - MIR.18/16 /6-12 - RCV.4962 var. (750$) - MRK.37 /173 - SIR.28

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAES M AVREL - ANTONINVS AVG P M.

Obverse description : Buste, tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O°2).

Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Pontifex Maximus” (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin auguste, Grand Pontife).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONCORD AVGVSTOR TRP XV// COS III/ S|C.

Reverse description : Marc Aurèle et Lucius Vérus, vêtus de la toge, se donnant la main, Marc Aurèle tient un globe de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum Tribunicia Potestate quintum decimum// Consul tertium” (La Concorde des augustes, revêtu de la quinzième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la troisième fois).