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Live auction - brm_612484 - ROSCIA Denier serratus

ROSCIA Denier serratus MS/AU
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Estimate : 450 €
Price : 298 €
Maximum bid : 340 €
End of the sale : 08 September 2020 14:47:42
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Denier serratus
Date: 64 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, légèrement décentré au droit. Portrait de Junon Sospita de toute beauté, finement détaillé. Joli revers. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection J. H

Obverse


Obverse legend : L. ROSCI.
Obverse description : Tête de Junon Sospita à droite, coiffée de la peau de chèvre ; derrière, une tête de chèvre.
Obverse translation : “Lucius Roscius”, (Lucius Roscius).

Reverse


Reverse legend : FABATI À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Jeune fille debout à droite nourrissant un serpent qui se tient devant elle ; derrière, un colonne surmontée d’un canard.
Reverse translation : “Fabatius”, (Fabatius).

Commentary


Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 240 coins de droit et de 241 coins de revers.

Historical background


ROSCIA

(64 BC)

The gens Roscia is a plebeian family of Rome, many of whose members attain high office. Lucius Roscius Fabatus is legate of the thirteenth legion in Gaul with Caesar in 54 BC. He is praetor in 49 BC and is killed at the battle of Mutina in 43 BC.

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