v52_0034 - MAENIA Denier
MONNAIES 52 (2012)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 300.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 300.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 194-190 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés, mais court en particulier au revers. Beau portrait de Rome. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Parsy du 26 mars 1999, n° 62 et de la collection D. C
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Rome à droite, coiffée d'un casque ailé ; derrière la tête, (marque X).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P. (MAE.) [(ANT.)]// [ROMA].
Reverse description : Victoire dans un quadrige galopant à droite, tenant une couronne et les rênes.
Reverse translation : “Publius Mænius Antiaticus”, (Publius Maenius Antiaticus).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement léger, cependant ce denier ne semble pas fourré. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de trente coins de droit et de trente-trois coins de revers. Cet type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
Extremely light weight, however this denier does not appear to be lined. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of thirty obverse dies and thirty-three reverse dies. This type appears to be much rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have offered this type for sale.
Extremely light weight, however this denier does not appear to be lined. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of thirty obverse dies and thirty-three reverse dies. This type appears to be much rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have offered this type for sale.
Historical background
MAENIA
(194-190 BC)
The years that followed the end of the Second Punic War are sometimes poorly understood. They are marked by the conflict between Rome and Antiochus III the Great, king of Syria (223-187 AC.) and Philip V of Macedonia. Antiochus suffered several checks in Greece at Thermopylae and at sea at Corcyra before being crushed at Magnesia (190 AC.). The war spread to the whole of the East. In Italy, after their victory over the Boii, Plaisance and Cremona were repopulated by Roman settlers. In 189 BC, the Roman colony of Bononia (Bologna) was founded. Our magistrate belongs to the gens Maenia. He could be either Titus Maenius, praetor in 186 BC or Caius Maenius, consul in 180 BC or Quintus Maenius, praetor in 170 BC and could be the grandfather of Publius Maenius Antiaticus.
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