brm_693803 - CLAUDIA Denier

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Price : 195.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: 41 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 3,85 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan ovale, centré. Des faiblesses. Joli portrait. Patine grise de collection

Catalogue references :

B.13 (Claudia) - BMC/RR.4196 pl. 55/10 - CRR.1135 (3) - RRC.512 /2 - RSC.13 - RCV.499 (360$) - CRI.317 (225£) - CMDRR.570 (600€) - MRR.1624 (500€

Obverse

Obverse legend : C. CLODIVS C. F. .

Obverse description : Tête de Flora (Flore) à droite, coiffée d’une couronne florale ; derrière, un lis.

Obverse translation : “Caius Clodius Caii Filius”, (Caius Clodius fils de Caius).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VESTALIS.

Reverse description : Vestale voilée et drapée assise à gauche, tenant la kylix ou le cymbium (vase à deux anses à boire) de la main droite.

Reverse translation : “Vestalis”, (Vestalis).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de trente coins de droit et de trente-trois coins de revers. Cet exemplaire est en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background

CLAUDIA

(41 BC)

In 41 BC, Lucius Antonius, (the brother of Marc Antoine) and Publius Servilius were consuls. The new consul, urged on by his sister-in-law, Fulvia, opposed Octave while Marc-Antoine was in Asia. Lucius Antonius found himself locked up and besieged in Perugia, awaiting help from his brother's legions stationed in Gaul, which never arrived. The consul capitulated. The triumvir forgave him, sent to Spain as governor, Lucius Antonius died shortly afterwards. Antony in Asia Minor, met Cleopatra in Tarsus. He followed her to Egypt and accompanied her to Alexandria.