Live auction - brm_495653 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce

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Estimate :	225 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	31 July 2018 14:48:16

Type : Sesterce

Date: 161

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 34,5 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 26,21 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Beau buste de Marc Aurèle. Usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

RCV.4962 var. (750$) - RIC.825 - BMC/RE.847 var. - MIR.18/16 /6-12 - C.45 var. - MRK.37 /173 (800€) - SIR.28

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P

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).