brm_995667 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
175.00 €(Approx. 182.00$ | 147.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: 159-160
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de Marc Aurèle. Revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAES - AVG PII F.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : "Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius", (Aurèle césar fils du pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - COS II.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casquée et vêtue militairement debout à droite, tenant le parazonium de la main gauche et une haste renversée de la main droite, le pied gauche, posé sur un casque.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Consul iterum”, (La Virilité, consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Ce denier est frappé à l’extrême fin du règne 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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