Live auction - brm_577871 - EGNATIA Denier

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AU/XF

Estimate :	650 €
Price :	415 €
Maximum bid :	660 €
End of the sale :	16 June 2020 14:33:00
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 75 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 3,99 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan ovale avec un très beau buste de Cupidon au droit. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers. Belle monnaie pour ce type rare et recherché ! Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.3 (Egnatia) - BMC/RR.3276 - CRR.788 (4) - RRC.391 /2 - RCV.325 (680$) - RSC.3 - CMDRR.687 - MRR.1293 - MAR.-

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jean-Christophe Payen

Obverse

Obverse legend : MAXSVMVS.

Obverse description : Buste nu et ailé de Cupidon à droite avec l’arc et la carquois sur l’épaule.

Obverse translation : “Maxsumus”, (Maxsumus).

Reverse

Reverse legend : C. EGN(AT)IVS CN./ F./ CN. N.

Reverse description : Jupiter et Liber debout de face dans un temple distyle ; dans le champ à gauche, XXIIII (24).

Reverse translation : “Caius Egnatius Cnæi Filius Cnæi Nepos”, (Caius Egnatius fils de Cneius petit-fils de Cneius).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de vingt coins de droit et de vingt-deux coins de revers.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of twenty obverse dies and twenty-two reverse dies.