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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 62 € |
| Maximum bid : | 65 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 October 2022 14:38:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 85 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large à l’usure à peine plus marquée au revers qu’au droit. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MN. FONTEI. - C. F.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Véjovis à droite ; au-dessous, un foudre ; sous le menton, monogramme (ROMA).
Obverse translation : "Manius Fonteius Caii Filius", (Manius Fonteius Fils de Caius)/ (Roma).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Génie ailé (Jupiter enfant) assis à droite sur une chèvre (Amalthée), surmonté des bonnets des Dioscures étoilés ; à l'exergue, un thyrse couché ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Percéà 12 heures (ancien). Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 206 coins de droit et de 229 coins de revers pour quatre variétés différentes.
Pierced at 12 o'clock (old). For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 206 obverse dies and 229 reverse dies for four different varieties
Pierced at 12 o'clock (old). For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 206 obverse dies and 229 reverse dies for four different varieties
Historical background
FONTEIA
(85 BC)
Manius Fonteius, our moneyer, could be the urban quaestor (Quaestor Urbanus) in 84 BC. He would then be legate in Spain (Hispania Ulterior) in 81 BC, then legate in Macedonia in 77-76 before J.-C. before becoming praetor in 75 before J.-C. and finally legate propraetor in Narbonnaise Gaul in 74-72 before J.-C. (according to RE. II, 591, n°5).
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