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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 126 € |
| Maximum bid : | 126 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 October 2014 15:52:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 154 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés, le flan légèrement voilé avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de Rome. Joli revers à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés et bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; derrière X.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA À L'EXERGUE DANS UN CARTOUCHE ; C. SCR AU-DESSUS DU CARTOUCHE.
Reverse description : Les Dioscures, Castor et Pollux (Les Gémeaux) à cheval, galopant à droite. Ils sont cuirassés avec le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, coiffés d'un bonnet surmonté d'une étoile, tenant chacun une javeline.
Reverse translation : “Caius Scribonius”, (Caius Scribonius).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce type, Michael Crawford a relevé une estimation de 74 coins de droit et de 92 coins de revers. Ce type est en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Lightweight. For this type, Michael Crawford noted an estimate of 74 obverse dies and 92 reverse dies. This type is actually rarer than general works suggest.
Lightweight. For this type, Michael Crawford noted an estimate of 74 obverse dies and 92 reverse dies. This type is actually rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
SCRIBONIA
(154 BC)
Caius Scribonius, whose career is not otherwise known, was possibly the son of Caius Scribonius Curio who was aedile in 196 BC, praetor in 193 and curio maximus, religious office, in 174 BC .-C. Marseilles asked for help from Rome against the Ligurians and that year began the war against the Lusitanians. It was to last until 138 BC. In 154 BC (AUC, ab Urbe Condita, 600), Quintus Opimius and Lucius Postumius Albinus were consuls.
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