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Live auction - brm_466524 - MINUTIA Denier

MINUTIA Denier MS/AU
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Estimate : 450 €
Price : 280 €
Maximum bid : 281 €
End of the sale : 06 March 2018 15:04:03
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Denier
Date: 103 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,91 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Magnifique tête de Mars au droit. Joli revers de style fin, de frappe un peu faible. Très belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés et bleutés irisés au droit. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Niels

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Mars à gauche avec un casque richement ornementé.

Reverse


Reverse legend : Q. (THE)RM. (MF).
Reverse description : Soldat romain combattant un guerrier ennemi (Cimbre ou Teuton), protégeant un autre soldat, tombé à terre.
Reverse translation : “Quintus Minucius Thermus Marci Filius”, (Quintus Minucius Thermus fils de Marcus).

Commentary


Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 253 coins de droit et de 316 coins de revers.

Historical background


MINUTIA

(103 BC)

The Minucia gens is a family of patrician and plebeian origin. The cognomen Augurinus is moreover rather associated with the patricians while the cognomen Rufus goes especially to the members of plebeian origin.

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