E-auction 494-404234 - brm_764963 - FULVIA Denier

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Estimate :	120 €
Price :	51 €
Maximum bid :	51 €
End of the sale :	03 October 2022 14:45:30
bidders :	11 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 117-116 AC

Mint name / Town : Italie

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,80 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan centré à l’usure plus marquée au revers qu’au droit. Patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

B.1 (Fulvia) - CRR.539a - RRC.284 /1b - RCV.160 var. (240$) - BMC/RR.409 (Italy) - RSC.1 - MRR.1052 (300€) - CMDRR.726 (300€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ROMA.

Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; devant le cou, (marque XVI).

Reverse

Reverse legend : C(N F)O(VL) SOUS LE BIGE ; M. C(AL.) Q. (ME)T À L'EXERGUE EN MONOGRAMMES.

Reverse description : Bige galopant à droite, conduit par la Victoire tenant une couronne de la main droite et les rênes de la gauche.

Reverse translation : (Cneius Fulvius, Marcus Calidius, Quintus Metellus).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 63 coins de droit et de 79 coins de revers. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background

FULVIA

(117-116 BC)

One of two consuls in the year 117 was L. Caecilius Q. f. Metellus Diadematus and he belonged to the patrician family of Caecilia, as one of the three coiners.