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Marcus Aurelius, as Augustus (AD 161-180). AV aureus (19mm, 7.06 gm, 6h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, AD 163. •M•ANTONINVS AVG IMP II, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, seen from behind / SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII, Salus standing facing, head left, scepter in left hand, feeding serpent coiled around and rising from altar at feet to left, from patera in right hand; COS III in exergue. Calicó 1913. RIC III 75. A minty piece, struck in high relief on a round planchet and displaying perfect, unmarked surfaces.
Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3051 NYINC (9 January 2017), lot 34077
This reverse of this remarkably beautiful gold aureus depicts Salus, goddess of healing, and invokes her help in preserving the "health of the emperors." Marcus Aurelius was never in the best of health and his youthful letters to his mentor, Fronto, serendipitously preserved in a medieval palimpsest, record his frequent complaints of chills, fevers, chest colds, and other varying illnesses. As emperor, the stresses of office were exacerbated by frequent bouts of gastric and respiratory trouble. He was fortunate, then, to have the services of Galen, the greatest physician of his age, who kept him going with a variety of treatments, all carefully recorded in his journals. Galen was also needed as a kind of minister of public health to fight the terrible plague, perhaps smallpox, that swept the classical world after AD 163, carrying off up to half the Roman Empire's population. At that time, invocations for the health of the rulers and the general populace become increasingly common on the Roman coinage.
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Estimate: 20000-30000 USD
Marcus Aurelius, as Augustus (AD 161-180). AV aureus (19mm, 7.06 gm, 6h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, AD 163. •M•ANTONINVS AVG IMP II, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, seen from behind / SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII, Salus standing facing, head left, scepter in left hand, feeding serpent coiled around and rising from altar at feet to left, from patera in right hand; COS III in exergue. Calicó 1913. RIC III 75. A minty piece, struck in high relief on a round planchet and displaying perfect, unmarked surfaces.
Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3051 NYINC (9 January 2017), lot 34077
This reverse of this remarkably beautiful gold aureus depicts Salus, goddess of healing, and invokes her help in preserving the "health of the emperors." Marcus Aurelius was never in the best of health and his youthful letters to his mentor, Fronto, serendipitously preserved in a medieval palimpsest, record his frequent complaints of chills, fevers, chest colds, and other varying illnesses. As emperor, the stresses of office were exacerbated by frequent bouts of gastric and respiratory trouble. He was fortunate, then, to have the services of Galen, the greatest physician of his age, who kept him going with a variety of treatments, all carefully recorded in his journals. Galen was also needed as a kind of minister of public health to fight the terrible plague, perhaps smallpox, that swept the classical world after AD 163, carrying off up to half the Roman Empire's population. At that time, invocations for the health of the rulers and the general populace become increasingly common on the Roman coinage.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-marcus-aurelius-as-augustus-ad-161-180-av-aureus-19mm-706-gm-6h-ngc-choice-ms-5-5-5-5/a/3105-32091.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3105-01092023
HID02906262019
© 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 20000-30000 USD