Live auction - brm_891554 - CURTIA Denier

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Estimate :	400 €
Price :	240 €
Maximum bid :	240 €
End of the sale :	05 March 2024 14:40:58
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 116-115 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 3,88 g.

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Revers finement détaillé. Joli portrait. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

B.2 (Curtia) - BMC/RR.482 Italy, pl. 92/15 - CRR.537 (3) - RRC. 285 /2 - RSC.2 a - RCV.162 (224$) - CMDRR.670 (400€) - MRR.1054 (200€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : Q. CVRT.

Obverse description : Tête de Rome à droite, casquée ; derrière X.

Obverse translation : “Quintus Curtius”, (Quinte Curce).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ROMA À L'EXERGUE ; M. SI(LA) EN MONOGRAMME SOUS LES CHEVAUX.

Reverse description : Jupiter dans un quadrige galopant à droite, brandissant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; au-dessus, un lituus couché.

Reverse translation : “Roma/ Marcus Silanus”, (Rome/ Marcus Silanus).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 185 coins de droit et de 231 coins de revers.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 185 right dies and 231 reverse dies.