Live auction - brm_618218 - SERVILIA Denier

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	260 €
Maximum bid :	260 €
End of the sale :	26 January 2021 14:58:14
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 57 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,05 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan court, idéalement centré au droit, légèrement décentré au revers. Superbe portrait de Flore. Patine grise de collection

Catalogue references :

B.15 (Servilia) - BMC/RR.3816 - CRR.890 (2) - RRC.423 /1 - RSC.15 - RCV.380 (384$) - RRM.25 p. 156-159 - MRR.1344 - CMDRR.1122

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection J. H

Obverse

Obverse legend : FLOR(AL) PRI(MV)S EN MONOGRAMME.

Obverse description : Tête de Flora (Flore) à droite, coiffée d’une couronne de fleurs ; derrière, un lituus.

Obverse translation : “Floralis Primus”, (les Floralies premières).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [C. SE(RV)EIL.] À L’EXERGUE/ C. F..

Reverse description : Deux soldats face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun un glaive court et un bouclier, prêts à s’affronter.

Reverse translation : “Caius Serveilius Caii Filius”, (Caius Servilius fils de Caius).

Commentary

Petite contremarque sous l’oeil de Flore. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 99 coins de droit et de 110 coins de revers.
Small countermark under Flore's eye. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 99 obverse dies and 110 reverse dies.