brm_793054 - RENIA Denier

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Type : Denier

Date: 138 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 3,82 g.

Coments on the condition:

Flan court, centré des deux côtés. Joli revers. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.1 (Renia) - BMC/RR.885 - CRR.432 (1) - RRC.231 /1 - RSC.1 a - RCV.108 (256$) - CMDRR.1088 - MRR.890

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; derrière X.

Reverse

Reverse legend : C. RENI// ROMA.

Reverse description : Junon dans un bige de chèvres galopant à droite, tenant un sceptre et les rênes de la main gauche et un fouet de la main droite.

Reverse translation : “Caius Renius// Roma”, (Caius Renius// Rome).

Historical background

RENIA

(138 BC)

We know only a few things about this people, especially known by some inscriptions and coins of Gaius Renius, then triumvir monetalis. The presence of Juno Sospita on the coins could indicate a provenance from Lanuvium.

brm_793054 - RENIA Denier

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

RENIA

(138 BC)

We know only a few things about this people, especially known by some inscriptions and coins of Gaius Renius, then triumvir monetalis. The presence of Juno Sospita on the coins could indicate a provenance from Lanuvium.

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