E-auction 94-48902 - brm_283305 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 115 € |
| Price : | 53 € |
| Maximum bid : | 53 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 February 2015 15:35:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: janvier - septembre
Date: 177
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, un peu court sur les légendes. Belle tête de Marc Aurèle. Frappe un peu molle au revers pour un sujet inhabituel pour un empereur. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M ANTONINVS AVG - GERM [SARM].
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Marc Aurèle à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Antoninus Augustus Germanicus Sarmaticus”, (Marc Antonin auguste germanique sarmate).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR P XXXI IMP VIIII COS III P P.
Reverse description : Hilaritas (la Joie) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une palme de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate untricesimum Imperator nonum Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Revêtu de la trentième et unième puissance tribunitienne et de la neuvième acclamation impériale consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
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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