brm_228396 - COSCONIA Denier serratus
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Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Denier serratus
Date: 118 AC
Mint name / Town : Narbonne
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,53 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers magnifique où tous les détails sont bien visibles, le bouclier décoré, le carnyx orné. Très jolie patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés et bleutés acier. A été légèrement nettoyé au droit
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Weil d’avril 1989
Obverse
Obverse legend : L. COS-C-O. M. F./ X.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; derrière la tête, marque de valeur, (X).
Obverse translation : “Lucius Cosconius Marci Filius”, (Lucius Cosconius fils de Marcus.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L. LIC. CN. DOM À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Bige galopant à droite, conduit par Bituit, brandissant une lance de la main droite, et tenant un bouclier, le carnyx et les rênes de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Lucius Licinius/ Cnæus Domitius”, (Lucius Licinius/ Cneius Domitius).
Commentary
Argent légèrement cristallisé. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de trente-sept coins de droit et de quarante-six coins de revers. Ce denier semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laisse présager l’estimation du nombre de coins. Ce denier, qui appartient à une série monétaire qui en comporte cinq, est très important pour l’histoire de la Provincia (Provence) et de la Gaule et se trouve être l’un des plus rares.
Slightly crystallized silver. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of thirty-seven obverse dies and forty-six reverse dies. This denarius appears to be much rarer than the estimate of the number of dies would suggest. This denarius, which belongs to a monetary series that includes five, is very important for the history of the Provincia (Provence) and Gaul and happens to be one of the rarest
Slightly crystallized silver. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of thirty-seven obverse dies and forty-six reverse dies. This denarius appears to be much rarer than the estimate of the number of dies would suggest. This denarius, which belongs to a monetary series that includes five, is very important for the history of the Provincia (Provence) and Gaul and happens to be one of the rarest
Historical background
COSCONIA
(118 BC)
Quintus Fabius Maximus and Cnæus Domitius Ahenobarbus, respectively consuls in 122 and 121 BC, won a brilliant victory over the allied troops of the Allobroges and the Arvernes commanded by the Arverne king Bituit in 121 BC, which moreover put an end to the Arverne empire, brought the Allobroges into the Roman orbit as a client tribe and brought the Gallic "civitates" to emancipate themselves from Arverne tutelage. The bursting of Gaul in multiple entities was to allow Rome to establish a lasting peace in the new province (Provincia) organized from 118 before J. - C. and "to divide for better reigning". Bituit, taken prisoner, participated in the triumph of Quintus Fabius Maximus, his conqueror, in his own solid silver chariot, before being executed by strangulation as tradition dictated..
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