E-auction 269-190943 - brm_462175 - MARCUS AURELIUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 72 € |
| Maximum bid : | 75 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 June 2018 14:18:30 |
| bidders : | 13 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 164
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré. Belle tête de Marc Aurèle. revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG - ARMENIACVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus”, (Antonin auguste arméniaque).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P XVIII - IMP II COS III.
Reverse description : Mars casqué, vêtu militairement debout à droite, tenant une haste renversée de la main droite et appuyé de la main gauche sur son bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate duodevicesimum Imperator iterum Consul tertium”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la dix-huitième puissance tribunitienne et de la deuxième acclamation impériale consul pour la troisième fois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire, nous n’avons pas le prénom de l’empereur Marcus. C’est la première fois que le titre “Armeniacus” apparaît pour Marc Aurèle.
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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