Live auction - brm_430796 - CAECILIA Denier

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	740 €
Maximum bid :	740 €
End of the sale :	13 June 2017 14:31:24
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 81 AC.

Mint name / Town : Italie du Nord

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,76 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un petit flan. Joli portrait de la Piété et très bel éléphant au revers. Magnifique patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

B.43 (Cæcilia) - BMC/RR.43 (pl. 100/ (Spain) - CRR.750 (3) - RRC.374 /1 - RSC.43 - RCV.301 (336$) - CMDRR.213 (400€) - MRR.1266 (250€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête de Pietas (la Piété) diadémée à droite ; devant le visage une cigogne.

Reverse

Reverse legend : Q. C. M. P. I. À L’EXERGUE.

Reverse description : Éléphant d’Afrique passant à gauche.

Reverse translation : “Quintus Cæcilius Metellus Pius Imperator”, (Quintus Caecilius Métellus Pieux Imperator).

Commentary

Grosse tête. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 88 coins de droit et de 98 coins de revers. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux et se rencontre moins souvent que celui avec les instruments pontificaux.
Big head. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 88 obverse dies and 98 reverse dies. This type seems rarer than general works suggest and is encountered less often than the one with papal instruments.