brm_073173 - JULIA Denier

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Type : Denier

Date: 101 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,94 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan large et complet des deux côtés. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

RCV.201 (280$) - B.3 (Julia) - BMC/RR.1676 - CRR.585 - RRC.323 /1 - RSC.3

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; épi de blé derrière la tête.

Reverse

Reverse legend : L. IVLI.

Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) dans un bige galopant à droite, tenant les rênes des deux mains.

Reverse translation : “Lucius Julius”, (Lucius Jules).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de quarante-sept coins de droit et de cinquante-neuf coins de revers. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background

JULIA

(101 BC)

The gens Julia is a very old patrician family. She says she descends from Ascanius, son of Aeneas; his ancestry therefore went back to the goddess Venus. Its most illustrious member is Julius Caesar.

brm_073173 - JULIA Denier

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

JULIA

(101 BC)

The gens Julia is a very old patrician family. She says she descends from Ascanius, son of Aeneas; his ancestry therefore went back to the goddess Venus. Its most illustrious member is Julius Caesar.

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