E-auction 66-31528 - brm_183151 - LUCRETIA Denier

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	53 €
Maximum bid :	70 €
End of the sale :	21 July 2014 15:56:30
bidders :	12 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 136 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 3,51 g.

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier. Usure importante, mais régulière. Patine grise, granuleuse

Catalogue references :

B.1 (Lucretia) - BMC/RR.929 pl. 26/7 - CRR.450 (2) - RRC.237 /1a - RSC.1 - RCV.114 (224$) - CMDRR.822 (300€) - MRR.903 (200€)

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.) (LV)CR.

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

Poids léger. M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 170 coins de droit et de 212 coins de revers pour deux variétés de ce denier.
Light weight. Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 170 obverse dies and 212 reverse dies for two varieties of this denarius.