brm_271710 - PLAETORIA Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 69 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19,00 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés, un peu court au droit sur le bas du visage avec les grènetis visibles. Très joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Roux, vente Weil, 1999, n° 184 et de la collection D. J
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Sors (la Destinée) diadémé et drapé à droite ; derrière la tête, marque de contrôle, un bouclier ovale vu verticalement.
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
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.
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
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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