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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 14 November 2023 15:33:26 |
Type : Diobole
Date: an 12
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Marc Aurèle à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : M AURHLIOS KAISAR (Markos Aurhlios Kaisar).
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèle césar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d’Ammon à droite.
Reverse legend : L DWDEKATOU.
Reverse translation : (An 12).
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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