Live auction - brm_572849 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce
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Estimate : | 300 € |
Price : | 361 € |
Maximum bid : | 361 € |
End of the sale : | 28 July 2020 15:04:14 |
bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 171
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 30,43 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Fine usure régulière. Joli portrait de Marc Aurèle. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M ANTONINVS - AVG TR P XXV.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Marc Aurèle à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Antoninus Augustus Tribunicia Potestate quintum vicesimum”, (Marc Antonin auguste revêtu de la vingt-cinquième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP VI - COS III/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à droite, à demi-nue, les ailes déployées plaçant un bouclier sur un trophée inscrit en deux lignes VIC/ GER, et tenant une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Imperator sextum Consul tertium/ Victoria Germanica”, (Revêtu de la sixième acclamation impériale consul pour la troisième fois/ la victoire germanique).
Commentary
Revers inhabituel, historiquement important.