Live auction - brm_513684 - MARIUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 195 € |
| Price : | 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 October 2023 15:36:47 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 20 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, échancré à 8 heures. Beau buste de Marius. Joli revers avec une faiblesse de frappe sur la légende
Catalogue references :
EG.175 - RIC.10 - E.634 - AGK.4 b - RCV.3155 (155£) - MRK.100 /3 var. (250€) - Cunetio2505 - C.13 (10f.)
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C MARIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Marius à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Marius pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAEC - F-ELICITAS.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite un caducée et de la gauche une corne d'abondance.
Reverse translation : “Sæculi Felicitas”, (La Félicité du siècle).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.
Historical background
MARIUS
(06-10 or 11/269)
It seems that Marius rebels against Postum at the end of his reign. Lélien and Postume assassinated, Marius remains alone in place. Marius is in turn quickly assassinated after a short reign, nevertheless longer than the erroneous interpretation of Augustan History (two days).
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