brm_1125787 - PLAETORIA Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 69 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,68 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Sors (la Destinée) diadémé et drapé à droite ; derrière la tête, marque de contrôle.
Reverse
Reverse legend : M. PLAETORI/ CEST. EX. S. C..
Reverse description : Vase à sacrifice (capis) et torche allumée.
Reverse translation : “Marcus Plætorius Cestianus ex Senatus Consulto”, (Marcus Plaetorius/ Cestianus par décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Contremarque au droit et au revers. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de vingt-trois coins de droit pour cinq variétés et treize coins de revers pour trois variétés. Ce denier est en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent imaginer les ouvrages généraux. Les auteurs du CMDRR. ont isolé au total cinq variétés différentes en fonction de la disposition des légendes.
Countermark on the obverse and reverse. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of twenty-three obverse dies for five varieties and thirteen reverse dies for three varieties. This denier is in fact much rarer than general works would have us believe. The authors of the CMDRR. isolated a total of five different varieties based on the arrangement of the legends
Countermark on the obverse and reverse. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of twenty-three obverse dies for five varieties and thirteen reverse dies for three varieties. This denier is in fact much rarer than general works would have us believe. The authors of the CMDRR. isolated a total of five different varieties based on the arrangement of the legends
Historical background
PLAETORIA
(69-67 BC)
Of plebeian origin, the gens Plaetoria comes from the city of Sabine. Thanks to certain denarii, we also know that Marcus Plætorius Cestianus was curule aedile in 67 BC, which would seem to indicate a patrician affiliation. The aediles are responsible for ensuring the provisioning of Rome, the public games and the city police. It is possible that our moneyer took charge of the organization of the "Ludi Florales" of 67 BC. On leaving office, the patrician aedile can access the praetorship, which Marcus Plætorius Cestianus does in 66 BC, before seeking the consulship. It does not seem that our currency was entitled to consular pomp. As Cicero recounts (ad. Att. V. 20, 8), he was condemned in 51 BC.
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