v21_2610 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: c. 152-153
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 22,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique portrait avec une extraordinaire patine vert d’eau. Flan légèrement taché au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII FIL.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT VII[I] - COS II/ S|C.
Reverse description : Minerve (Pallas) casquée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche avec le bouclier à ses pieds.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate octavum Consul iterum”, (Revêtu de la huitième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la deuxième fois/ avec l’accord du Sénat).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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