v29_0226 - MARCUS AURELIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)
Date: 159-160
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait du César. Revers bien venu à la frappe où tous les détails de la musculature de Mars sont visibles. Jolie patine verte granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVRELIVS - CAESAR AVG PII F.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Marc Aurèle César à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse translation : “Aurelius Cæsar Augusti Pii Filius”, (Aurèle césar auguste fils d'Antonin le Pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT XIIII - C-OS II/ S|C.
Reverse description : Mars nu marchant à droite, tenant une haste de la main droite et un trophée de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate quartum decimum Consul iterum”, (Revêtu de la quatorzième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Buste inhabituel pour Marc Aurèle César.
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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