brm_990967 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 179-169 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, légèrement décentré au revers. Joli portrait de Rome. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; derrière X.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA EN RELIEF À L'EXERGUE DANS UN CARTOUCHE EN RELIEF. AU DESSUS, MONOGRAMME (MA).
Reverse description : Les Dioscures, Castor et Pollux (les Gémeaux) à cheval, galopant à droite, nus avec le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, coiffés d'un bonnet surmonté d'une étoile, tenant chacun une javeline.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 60 coins de droit et de 75 coins de revers. Ce denier est en fait plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les différents ouvrages généraux.
Light weight. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 60 obverse dies and 75 reverse dies. This denier is in fact rarer than the various general works suggest.
Light weight. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 60 obverse dies and 75 reverse dies. This denier is in fact rarer than the various general works suggest.
Historical background
ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS
(180-170 BC)
The appearance of the denarius since the work of Michael Crawford is fixed at 211 BC The denarius is worth 10 bronze aces. Prior to 211, the bronze ace was semi-liberal and contained 12 ounces. Very quickly, because of the war against Carthage, the weight of the ace will be lowered to become uncial at the beginning of the 2nd century BC. A denier of four scruples (1 scruple = 1.1275 g) is worth then 10 bronze aces which weigh approximately 270 g, i.e. the weight of the old Oscan pound, with a silver/bronze ratio of 60.
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