v41_0346 - ANTESTIA Denier
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 210.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 321.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 210.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 321.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 146 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Très beau portrait de haut relief. Joli revers de style fin. Magnifique patine de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite, casquée ; sous le menton, X ; derrière un chien placé verticalement.
Reverse
Reverse legend : C. (ANTE)STI// ROMA À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Les Dioscures, Castor et Pollux (les Gémeaux) à cheval, galopant à droite ; ils sont cuirassés avec le manteau flottant sur l’épaule, coiffés d’un bonnet surmonté d’une étoile, tenant chacun une javeline.
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de douze coins de droit et de vingt-trois coins de revers. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que celui avec le chien au revers.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of twelve right dies and twenty-three reverse dies. This type seems much rarer than the one with the dog on the reverse
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of twelve right dies and twenty-three reverse dies. This type seems much rarer than the one with the dog on the reverse
Historical background
ANTESTIA
(146 BC)
In 146 BC Cneius Cornelius Lentulus and Lucius Memmius are consuls. This year sees the end of the siege of Carthage and the destruction of the great African metropolis while its population is massacred or reduced to slavery. The province of Africa is instituted. A conflict opposes the Romans to the members of the Achaean confederation. Diaeus is defeated by the consul Lucius Memmius who seizes Corinth and destroys the city. This year also marks the end of the sedition in Macedonia and the elimination of Andriscus who claimed to be the son of Perseus. Macedonia is also reduced to a province and definitively loses its autonomy..
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