E-auction 150-88813 - brm_289188 - NERVA Sesterce

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Estimate :	175 €
Price :	77 €
Maximum bid :	105 €
End of the sale :	29 February 2016 14:37:30
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : Sesterce

Date: 01 - 09

Date: 97

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 33,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 27,46 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire à l’usure très importante, nettoyé mais restant parfaitement identifiable. Monnaie de la plus grande rareté pour le règne de Nerva

Catalogue references :

C.127 (40 f.) - RIC.89 - BMC/RE.115 - BN/R.103 - RCV.3052 (4000$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP NERVA CAES AVG - [P M TR P COS III P P].

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

Obverse translation : “Imperator Nerva Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (l’empereur Nerva césar auguste grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [PLEBEI VRBANAE FRVMENTO CONSTITVTO]/ S C.

Reverse description : Modius.

Commentary

Revers historiquement exceptionnel, se référant aux nouvelles mesures de Nerva destinées à aider la population pauvre à accéder à la nourriture, probablement par la construction d’un nouveau complexe alimentaire dans Rome. Type que nous proposons pour la première fois à la vente !.
A historically exceptional reverse, referring to Nerva's new measures intended to help the poor access food, probably through the construction of a new food complex in Rome. This type is being offered for sale for the first time!