Live auction - brm_747887 - BRUTUS Denier

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Estimate :	600 €
Price :	410 €
Maximum bid :	500 €
End of the sale :	06 December 2022 14:45:08
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 42 AC.

Mint name / Town : Orient

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,66 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie idéalement centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli buste. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.37 (Junia) - BMC/RR.41 (East) - CRR.1290 (5) - RRC.502 /2 - RSC.11 - RCV.1433 (1760$) - CRI.201 (1100£) - C.11 (25f.) - CMDRR.9 (2000€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : L. SESTI. PRO - Q.

Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Libertas (la Liberté) à droite.

Obverse translation : "Lucius Sestius Pro Quaestori", (Lucius Sestius pro questeur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : Q. CAEPIO BRVTVS PRO - CO-S.

Reverse description : Trépied delphien entre une hache à sacrifice et un simpulum.

Reverse translation : Quintus Cæpio Brutus Pro Consuli", (Quintus Caepio Brutus proconsul).

Commentary

Denier frappé dans un atelier itinérant accompagnant Brutus. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à trente pour les coins de droit et inférieure à trente-trois pour les coins de revers.
Denarius struck in a traveling workshop accompanying Brutus. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than thirty for the right dies and less than thirty-three for the reverse dies.