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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 390 € |
| Maximum bid : | 405 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 14:35:49 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 79
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,43 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré. Superbe portrait de Vespasien, finement détaillé. Joli revers. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS..
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Vespasien à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Vespasianus”, (le Divin Vespasien Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : EX S C À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Char triomphal à gauche au pas orné de bas-reliefs et surmonté d’un petit quadrige vu de face entre deux Victoires qui le couronne.
Reverse translation : "Ex Senatus Consulto", (Par Décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Pour D. Sear, les émissions posthumes de Vespasien sont datées de 80, plutôt que de 79.
Historical background
DIVUS VESPASIAN
(+ 24/06/79)
Titus' Consecration
Vespasian died on June 24, 79 in Reate. He is immediately deified by Titus. Vespasian leaves a benevolent trace in history, since Trajan and Trajan Decius restore his memory.
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