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Live auction - brm_612475 - CAECILIA Denier

CAECILIA Denier MS/AU
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Estimate : 400 €
Price : 230 €
Maximum bid : 230 €
End of the sale : 08 September 2020 14:41:46
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Denier
Date: 130 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, légèrement décentré au revers. Portrait de Rome de toute beauté. Joli revers. Patine grise de collection avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection J. H

Obverse


Obverse legend : Q. (ME)(TE) EN MONOGRAMME.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; sous le menton, marque de valeur (XVI).
Obverse translation : “Quintus Metellus”, (Quintus Metellus).

Reverse


Reverse legend : ROMA À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Jupiter dans un quadrige passant au pas à droite, tenant une palme de la main droite, un foudre et les rênes de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).

Commentary


Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 55 coins de droit et de 69 coins de revers.

Historical background


CAECILIA

(130 BC)

The Caecilia gens is a very powerful plebeian family. In 130 BC, Quintus Caecilius Metellus was a magistrate who minted coins.

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