E-auction 555-487170 - bpv_700463 - MARCUS AURELIUS Tetrassaria
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | 83 € |
| Maximum bid : | 145 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 December 2023 15:04:40 |
| bidders : | 14 bidders |
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 161-180
Mint name / Town : Syedra, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 20,92 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Marc Aurèle à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : KAI MA AUR - ANTWNINOS
Obverse translation : (César Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Empereur à cheval, galopant à droite, brandissant une javeline de la main droite ; un ennemi sous le cheval.
Reverse legend : SUEDR-E//WN
Reverse translation : (de Syedra).
Commentary
Même coin de revers que l’exemplaire du British Museum (BMC. 5).
Historical background
MARCUS AURELIUS
(139-03/17/180)
Augustus
Caesar from 139, wearing the consulship for 140, Marc Aurèle receives tribunician power in 147 and succeeds Antonin in 161. His personal reign is marked by the Parthian war (162-165). After the death of Lucius Verus in 169, he had to face the Germanic invasions and the plague which ravaged the Empire. Marcus Aurelius associates his son Commodus with the Empire from 175 and dies of the plague in 180 in Vienna.
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