Live auction - brm_1065449 - NERVA Denier

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brm_1065449

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Type : Denier

Date: 97

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 3,24 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Très beau denier parfaitement centré, quasi SUP. Agréable patine gris foncé

Catalogue references :

C.51 (2 fr.) - RIC.34 - BMC/RE.56 - RSC.51 - RCV.3023 var. (600$) - MRK.26 /6 var. (500€) - BN/R.41

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP NERVA CAES - AVG P M TR POT II.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Nerva à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : “Imperator Nerva Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate iterum”, (L’empereur Nerva césar auguste grand pontife revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne).

Reverse

Reverse legend : COS III PATER PATRIAE.

Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : simpulum, aspersoir, vase à sacrifices et lituus.

Reverse translation : “Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Consul pour la troisième fois, père de la patrie).

Commentary

L’exemplaire (MONNAIES 29, n° 143) était datable du début de l’année 97 alors que cet exemplaire, où Nerva a reçu sa deuxième puissance tribunitienne ne peut avoir été frappé qu’en toute fin d’année, après le 18 septembre et même selon certaines sources (cf. BMC III, p. XXXIII), jusqu’au 27 octobre, date à laquelle il aurait revêtu sa deuxième acclamation impériale, soit un laps de temps très court !.
The example (COINS 29, no. 143) could be dated to the beginning of the year 97, whereas this example, where Nerva received his second tribunician power, could only have been struck at the very end of the year, after September 18 and even, according to some sources (cf. BMC III, p. XXXIII), until October 27, the date on which he would have received his second imperial acclamation, a very short period of time!