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Live auction - brm_1011778 - POSTUMIA Denier serratus
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| Starting price : | 150 € |
| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 155 € |
| Maximum bid : | 155 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 May 2025 15:02:20 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Denier serratus
Date: 81 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée présentant un joli revers. Portrait agréable. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HISPAN.
Obverse description : Tête voilée d’Hispania (l’Espagne) à droite, échevelée.
Obverse translation : “Hispania”, (L’Espagne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A. VERTICALEMENT// POST. A. F. À L’EXERGUE/ S. N. VERTICALEMENT/ (AL)BIN/ A..
Reverse description : Romain debout à gauche, vêtu de la toge (adlocutio), entre une aigle légionnaire et un faisceau.
Reverse translation : “Aulus Postumius Auli Filius Spuri Nepos Albinus”, (Aulus Postumius fils d’Aulus Spurius petit-fils d’Albin).
Historical background
POSTUMIA
(81 BC)
The Postumia gens is a family of patrician origin. Aulus Postumius Albinus is the grandson of Spurius Postumius Albinus, consul in 110 BC. He belongs to Sulla's party and will later be placed at the head of Sicily in 49 BC. According to E. Babelon, he is the adoptive father of Decimus Junius Brutus.
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