Live auction - brm_421159 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 14 March 2017 14:43:09 |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 146
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,07 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Très beau portrait de Marc Aurèle césar idéalisé. Revers de haut relief. Magnifique patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES-AR AVG PII F COS II.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (A°2).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Caesar Augusti Pii Filius Consul iterum”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le pieux consul pour la deuxième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Minerve (Pallas/Athéna) casquée et drapée debout à droite, tenant une javeline tournée vers le sol de la main droite et appuyée de la main gauche sur un bouclier posée devant elle.
Reverse translation : “Senatus Consulto”, (Par Décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Portrait de Marc Aurèle légèrement barbu. Le pan de paludamentum est visible de chaque côté du buste, il tombe sur la base du cou. Émission associée aux decennalia d’Antonin le Pieux.
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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