brm_944144 - CORNELIA Denier
600.00 €(Approx. 702.00$ | 522.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: 49 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile ou Illyrie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Joli denier bien centré, à l’usure fine et régulière. Patine grise aux légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Triskèle avec au centre, une tête ailée de Méduse de face ; entre les jambes des épis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L(EN)T - (MAR)/ COS .
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à droite, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un aigle de la main gauche ; dans le champ à droite, une tête de harpon.
Reverse translation : “Lentulus - Marcellus/ Consules”, (Lentulus Marcellus consuls).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à trente coins de droit et à trente-trois coins de revers pour deux variétés différentes de ce type qui est en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted a lower estimate of thirty straight dies and thirty-three reverse dies for two different varieties of this type which is in fact rarer than general works would suggest.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted a lower estimate of thirty straight dies and thirty-three reverse dies for two different varieties of this type which is in fact rarer than general works would suggest.
Historical background
CORNELIA
(49 BC)
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus and Caius Claudius Marcellus were the two consuls of 49 BC. Supporters of Pompey, they left Rome and took refuge in Sicily, then in Dyrrachium in Illyria. Lentulus travels to Asia Minor to raise troops for Pompey. He was present at the battle of Pharsalus (48 BC), followed Pompey to Egypt, was arrested and put to death on the orders of Ptolemy. Marcellus commands part of the Pompeian fleet stationed in Rhodes in 48 BC. Caius Claudius Marcellus is the brother of Marcus Claudius Marcellus, consul in 51 BC.
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