Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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Marcus Aurelius AV Aureus. Rome, March - December AD 161. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG, bare head to right / CONCORDIAE AVGVSTOR TR P XV, emperor standing to right, holding roll, clasping hands with Lucius Veres standing to left; COS III in exergue. RIC III 8; C. 70; BMCRE 7; Calicó 1822a (same dies). 7.24g, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; minor flan flaw to rev.; wonderfully centered.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 347, 22 March 2021, lot 1152;
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 336, 27 May 2019, lot 145;
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 236, 7 October 2013, lot 1085;
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 722.
Rome was to be ruled by two emperors for the first time upon the accession of both Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus in AD 161, and the first joint rule and political union of the Roman Empire was depicted on the reverses of early gold issues belonging to both emperors; this example is struck in the name of Marcus Aurelius. The reverse legend CONCORDIAE AVGVSTOR denotes the ideal of concordia working within this new political system of diarchy. Concordia represented the condition of harmonious union between two individuals, which in turn produced harmony within the state. Such an ideal is presented here as an advertised benefit of the empire under the joint rule of Aurelius and Verus.
Good Very Fine; minor flan flaw to rev.; wonderfully centered.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 347, 22 March 2021, lot 1152;
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 336, 27 May 2019, lot 145;
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 236, 7 October 2013, lot 1085;
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 722.
Rome was to be ruled by two emperors for the first time upon the accession of both Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus in AD 161, and the first joint rule and political union of the Roman Empire was depicted on the reverses of early gold issues belonging to both emperors; this example is struck in the name of Marcus Aurelius. The reverse legend CONCORDIAE AVGVSTOR denotes the ideal of concordia working within this new political system of diarchy. Concordia represented the condition of harmonious union between two individuals, which in turn produced harmony within the state. Such an ideal is presented here as an advertised benefit of the empire under the joint rule of Aurelius and Verus.