brm_771575 - MARIUS Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: c. mi 269
Date: 269
Mint name / Town : Trèves ou atelier 1
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 20 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Très joli buste de Marius. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
EG.173 - RIC.7 - E.632 - Cunetio2504 (17 ex.) - AGK.3 b - RCV.11119 (350$) - MRK.100 /1 - C.4 (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 : CONCORDIA MILITVM.
Reverse description : Deux mains jointes (Bonne Foi).
Reverse translation : “Concordia Militum”, (La Concorde militaire).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
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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