Live auction - brm_627106 - CIVIL WARS (VINDEX) Denier

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Estimate :	3 500 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	08 December 2020 14:53:24

Type : Denier

Date: mars - mai

Date: 68

Mint name / Town : Vienne

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,03 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire pour ce type sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Buste de toute beauté. Joli revers. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.406 (20f.) (Galba) - RIC.51 - BMC/RE.40 - BN/R.18 - RCV.2061 var. (2240 $) - MRK.15 /7 (2000€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : MARS - VLTOR.

Obverse description : Buste barbu, casqué et drapé de Mars à droite.

Obverse translation : “Mars Ultor”, (Mars vengeur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P|R// SIGNA.

Reverse description : Aigle légionnaire (aquila) entre deux enseignes ; un autel paré entre l’aigle et l’enseigne de droite.

Reverse translation : “Populus Romanus/ Signa” (Enseignes du peuple Romain).

Commentary

Poids léger. Exemplaire fourré d’un style extraordinaire attribué aujourd’hui à Vindex, précédemment à Galba. Ce type est l’un des plus rares et recherchés des guerres Civiles.
Lightweight. Fur-lined specimen of an extraordinary style now attributed to Vindex, formerly to Galba. This type is one of the rarest and most sought-after of the Civil Wars.