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Live auction - brm_409874 - POMPEIA Denier

POMPEIA Denier AU
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Estimate : 450 €
Price : 272 €
Maximum bid : 350 €
End of the sale : 08 November 2016 14:18:46
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Denier
Date: 137 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Belle tête de Rome au droit avec le récipient bien visible. Joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Émile Bourgey

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; derrière un vase ; X sous le menton.

Reverse


Reverse legend : F-OSTLV-S/ SEX. PO// ROMA.
Reverse description : La Louve debout à droite, allaitant Rémus et Romulus ; derrière, un arbre (Ficus Ruminalis) sur lequel sont perchés trois oiseaux et Faustulus appuyé sur un bâton.
Reverse translation : “Sextus Pompeius Fostulus//Roma”, (Sextus Pompée Fostulus// Rome).

Commentary


Pour ce denier, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 127 coins de droit et de 159 coins de revers pour trois variétés. Les auteurs du CMDRR. ont recensé au total six variétés différentes de revers.

Historical background


POMPEIA

(137 BC)

The Pompeia gens is a plebeian family which frequently holds high office after Quintus Pompey obtained the consulship in 141 AC The most illustrious character of this family is Caius Pompey, member of the first triumvirate with Julius Caesar and Crassus in 60 AC.

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