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E-auction 265-186944 - brm_479930 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce

MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce VF
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Estimate : 125 €
Price : 53 €
Maximum bid : 73 €
End of the sale : 14 May 2018 14:30:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Sesterce
Date: 180
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine vert foncé. Monnaie légèrement tachée. Beau portrait de Marc Aurèle au droit. Usure importante mais régulière

Obverse


Obverse legend : DIVVS M AN-TONINVS PIVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Divus Marcus Antoninus Pius”, (Le divin Marc Antonin pieux).

Reverse


Reverse legend : CONSE-CRATIO/ S|C.
Reverse description : Bûcher funéraire à quatre étages surmonté d'un quadrige vu de face.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).

Commentary


Bûcher richement décoré dans plusieurs niches différentes.

Historical background


MARCUS AURELIUS

(+180)

Consecration of Commodus

Marc Aurèle, campaigning against the Yazygues, falls ill and dies on March 17, 180 in Sirmium or Vienna, perhaps from the plague which begins to ravage the Empire again. The author of the Pensées is deified by his son Commodus.

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