v24_0214 - SCRIBONIA Denier
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 62 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,82 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et ovale, légèrement décentré au revers. Très beau portrait. Petite faiblesse de frappe sur le puit. Jolie patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : BON EVENT/ LIBO.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Bonus Eventus à droite.
Obverse translation : “Bonus Eventus/ Libo”, (Bonne Fortune/ Libo).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PVTEAL// SCRIBON À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Le puit scribonien orné de deux lyres et de deux branches de laurier ; en bas à droite, un marteau.
Reverse translation : “Puteal// Scribonianum”, (puits Scribonien).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 206 coins de droit et de 229 coins de revers pour trois variétés. Nous avons déjà eu l’occasion de présenter huit deniers de ce type, mais un seul avec le marteau (MONNAIES XXIII, n° 270).
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 206 obverse dies and 229 reverse dies for three varieties. We have already had the opportunity to present eight denarii of this type, but only one with the hammer (COINS XXIII, No. 270)
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 206 obverse dies and 229 reverse dies for three varieties. We have already had the opportunity to present eight denarii of this type, but only one with the hammer (COINS XXIII, No. 270)
Historical background
SCRIBONIA
(62 BC)
Lucius Scribonius Libo is a follower of Pompey. His daughter marries Sextus Pompey, the second son of the great Pompey. Sent to Egypt in 56 BC to restore Ptolemy XII Auletes (the flute player) to the throne, he tries, in 49 BC, to temporize between Caesar and Pompey by trying to negotiate a truce . But Pompey fled to Greece with part of the senate. Scribonius commands part of Pompey's fleet at the time of Pharsalia's defeat. After Caesar's death, he still played a diplomatic role in the conflict between Octave and Marc Antoine in the Perugia War. Octave married Scribonia, daughter of Scribonius, thus enabling the reconciliation of Sextus Pompey and Octave in 39 BC. But Octave divorced the following year to marry Livia. After the death of his son-in-law Sextus Pompey (35 BC), he was consul with Marc Antoine in 34 BC..
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
