brm_351969 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 145
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,56 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan court bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante. Patine vert foncé, granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES-AR AVG PII F COS II.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O°2).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius Consul iterum”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux consul pour la deuxième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTA - PVBLICA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Marc-Aurèle et Faustine debout de face, tenant chacun un rouleau et se donnant la main ; derrière eux, la Concorde, drapée, debout à droite.
Reverse translation : “Vota Publica”, (Les voeux publics).
Commentary
La tête semble imberbe. Type rare que nous présentons pour la première fois à la vente !.
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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