Live auction - brm_622637 - POMPONIA Denier

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Estimate :	800 €
Price :	430 €
Maximum bid :	430 €
End of the sale :	08 December 2020 14:39:29
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 66 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,97 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Très bel exemplaire, centré. Joli revers de style fin ainsi qu’une belle tête d’Apollon. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

B.13 (Pomponia) - BMC/RR.3609 pl. 45/14 - CRR.815 (4) - RRC.410 /5 - RSC.10 - RCV.355 (640$) - CMDRR.1038 (600€) - MRR.1322 (200€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon lauré à droite ; derrière, deux flûtes entrecroisées.

Reverse

Reverse legend : Q. POMPONI/ MVSA.

Reverse description : Euterpe (muse de la Poésie lyrique) drapée, debout à droite, tenant deux flûtes, posée sur une colonne.

Reverse translation : “Quintus Pomponius/ Musa”, (Quintus Pomponius Musa).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à moins de dix coins de droit et à moins de onze coins de revers.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted a lower estimate of less than ten obverse dies and less than eleven reverse dies.