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Live auction - brm_466447 - POSTUMIA Denier serratus

POSTUMIA Denier serratus AU
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Estimate : 450 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 06 March 2018 15:13:36
Type : Denier serratus
Date: 81 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Très belle tête de l’Espagne. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 2007 et provient de la collection C. Oliva

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).

Commentary


Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 198 coins de droit et de 220 coins de revers. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.

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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