v41_0442 - DOMITIUS CALVINUS Denier
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 300.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 300.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 39 AC
Mint name / Town : Osca
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale, court sur la légende au revers avec un argent cristallisé. La pièce présente seulement une usure superficielle de surface avec un beau portrait. La patine est gris métallique cornée et granuleuse et présente un aspect désagréable qui ne rend pas justice à ce denier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : OSCA.
Obverse description : Tête d'Hercule à droite avec un collier (tête celtibérienne).
Obverse translation : “Osca”, (Huesca).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [DOM.] COS. ITER. IMP.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : simpulum, aspersoir, hache à sacrifice et chapeau de flamine.
Reverse translation : “Domitius Consul Iterum Imperator”, (Domitius consul pour la seconde fois, Imperator).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à trente coins de droit et inférieure à trente-trois coins de revers. Ce denier est en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent penser les différents ouvrages de référence. M. Crawford ne signale que deux exemplaires provenant des trésors de Maillé (1 ex.) et de Gallignano (1 ex.). Ce denier est souvent assimilé aux deniers espagnols.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than thirty obverse dies and less than thirty-three reverse dies. This denarius is in fact much rarer than the various reference works suggest. Mr. Crawford only reports two examples from the hoards of Maillé (1 ex.) and Gallignano (1 ex.). This denarius is often assimilated to the Spanish denarii
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than thirty obverse dies and less than thirty-three reverse dies. This denarius is in fact much rarer than the various reference works suggest. Mr. Crawford only reports two examples from the hoards of Maillé (1 ex.) and Gallignano (1 ex.). This denarius is often assimilated to the Spanish denarii
Historical background
DOMITIUS CALVINUS
(39 BC)
Cneius Domitius Calvinus began his career as legate of L. Valerius Flaccus in Asia in 62 BC. He was tribune in 59 BC, then praetor in 56 BC and consul in 53 BC. Favorable to Pompey, he nevertheless joined Julius Caesar in 49 BC. He commanded the Caesarian troops at Pharsalia in 48 BC, then took part in Caesar's African campaign at Thapsus ( 46 BC). He was beaten by Pharnaces, king of Pontus, in 48 BC. He commanded the Caesarean fleet at the naval battle of Philippi and was beaten by Domitius Ahenobarbus (42 AC.). In 40, he took on his second consulship. The following year, he was sent to Spain by Octave as proconsul. He defeats the Cerretani and is hailed imperator for this victory. Back in Rome, he celebrated his triumph in 36 BC..
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