Live auction - brm_651585 - THORIA Denier

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Estimate :	450 €
Price :	690 €
Maximum bid :	690 €
End of the sale :	27 April 2021 14:44:47
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 105 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,96 g.

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très beau revers. Portrait de Junon de toute beauté. Patine grise de collection

Catalogue references :

B.1 (Thoria) - BMC/RR.1617 - CRR.598 (1) - RRC.316 /1 - RSC.1 - RCV.192 (224$) - CMDRR.1141 (300€) - MRR.1117 (200€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : I. S. M. R..

Obverse description : Tête de Junon Sospita à droite, coiffée d’une peau de chèvre.

Obverse translation : “Iuno Sospita Mater Regina”, (Junon Sospita reine de la maternité).

Reverse

Reverse legend : L. THORIVS/ BALBVS/ B.

Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à droite.

Reverse translation : “Lucius Thorius Balbus”, (Lucius Thorius Balbus).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 450 coins de droit et de 562 coins de revers. Au revers, sur notre exemplaire, nous avons un B, placé au-dessus du taureau. À chaque lettre de l’alphabet pointée ou pas, plusieurs coins peuvent être associés. C’est l’un des deniers républicains les plus courants du monnayage avec une production dépassant certainement le million de deniers frappés.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 450 obverse dies and 562 reverse dies. On the reverse, on our example, we have a B, placed above the bull. For each letter of the alphabet, pointed or not, several dies can be associated. It is one of the most common republican denarii of the coinage with a production certainly exceeding one million denarii struck.