E-auction 528-446106 - brm_551457 - ROMA Centenionalis ou nummus

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Estimate :	70 €
Price :	64 €
Maximum bid :	75 €
End of the sale :	29 May 2023 14:10:00
bidders :	9 bidders

Type : Centenionalis ou nummus

Date: 331

Mint name / Town : Lyon

Metal : copper

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,38 g.

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan. Buste de Rome tout à fait exceptionnel. Frappe molle au revers. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

LRBC.200 - RIC.247 (R1) - C.17 - B.237 (23 ex.)

Obverse

Obverse legend : VRBS - ROMA.

Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Rome à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*1).

Obverse translation : “Urbs Roma”, (La ville de Rome).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE/ -|-// .PLG.

Reverse description : La louve à gauche, allaitant Romulus et Rémus ; au-dessus, les deux étoiles des Dioscures (les Gémeaux, Castor et Pollux).

Commentary

Buste magnifique ! C’est la première fois que nous proposons un exemplaire de la deuxième officine.
Magnificent bust! This is the first time we have offered a example from the second workshop.