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Live auction - brm_744161 - SCIPIO Denier

SCIPIO Denier AU
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Estimate : 1 200 €
Price : 2 025 €
Maximum bid : 2 025 €
End of the sale : 07 June 2022 14:52:04
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Denier
Date: 47-46 AC.
Mint name / Town : Utique
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,86 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très beau revers, de haut relief et bien détaillé. Patine grise

Obverse


Obverse legend : METEL. PIVS/ SCIP. IMP.
Obverse description : Tête barbue et laurée de Jupiter à droite ; tête d’aigle tournée à gauche posée sur un sceptre horizontal.
Obverse translation : “Metellus Pius Scipio Imperator”, (Metellus pieux Scipion imperator).

Reverse


Reverse legend : CRASS. IVN/ LEG PRO PR.
Reverse description : Chaise curule, entrourée d’un épi de blé à gauche et d’une tête de dragon tournée à gauche ; au-dessus, une corne d’abondance servant de fléau à une balance.
Reverse translation : “Crassus Iunianus Legatus pro Prætor” (Crassus Junanius légat propréteur).

Commentary


Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à trente coins de droit et de moins de trente-trois coins de revers. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la deuxième fois que nous le proposons à la vente.

Historical background


SCIPIO

(47-46 BC)

Caesar arrives in Africa. The final fight is fought at Thapsus on February 6, 46 BC. Juba I, king of Mauretania, and his ally Scipion, are defeated. Unable to escape, Scipio commits suicide in despair, just like Cato at Utica. Caesar creates the province of Africa Nova and gives a new status to the territory of Carthage. He then returned to Rome where he celebrated a quadruple triumph.

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