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Live auction - brm_356245 - LUCRETIA Denier

LUCRETIA Denier AU/AU
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Estimate : 350 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 30 June 2015 14:37:14
Type : Denier
Date: 136 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,94 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier mais bien centré, un peu court sur la légende de revers. Belle tête de Rome. Usure superficielle au revers sur les Dioscures. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés

Obverse


Obverse legend : TRIO.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; sous le menton, X.
Obverse translation : “Trio”, (Trio).

Reverse


Reverse legend : ROMA À L'EXERGUE DANS UN CARTOUCHE ; CN. LVCR.
Reverse description : Les Dioscures, Castor et Pollux (les Gémeaux) à cheval, galopant à droite, cuirassés avec le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, coiffés d'un bonnet surmonté d'une étoile, tenant chacun une javeline.
Reverse translation : “Cnæus Lucretius// Roma”, (Cneius Lucretius// Rome).

Commentary


M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 170 coins de droit et de 212 coins de revers pour deux variétés de ce denier.

Historical background


LUCRETIA

(136 BC)

The Lucretia gens is a very large patrician family. Later it will also include plebeians. In 136 AC, Gnaeus Lucretius Trio is triumvir monetalis.

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