Live auction - brm_930605 - VALERIA Denier

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MS/AU

Estimate :	300 €
Price :	200 €
Maximum bid :	210 €
End of the sale :	20 August 2024 14:29:03
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 140 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,84 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un flan centré des deux côtés. Magnifique portrait, finement détaillé et bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

B.7 (Valeria) - BMC/RR.879 - CRR.440 - RRC.228/2 - RSC.7 - RCV.104 (240$) - CMDRR.1163 (300€) - MRR.884 (220€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; marque de valeur derrière la tête (X).

Reverse

Reverse legend : C. (VAL). C. F./ FLAC// ROMA DANS UN CARTOUCHE À L’EXERGUE.

Reverse description : Victoire dans un bige galopant à droite, tenant les rênes des deux mains.

Reverse translation : “Caius Valerius Caii Filius Flaccus/ Roma”, (Caius Valère fils de Caius Flaccus/ Rome).

Commentary

Ce denier semble rare. M. Crawford donne une estimation de quarante-huit coins de droit et de soixante coins de revers.
This money seems rare. Mr. Crawford gives an estimate of forty-eight dies and sixty dies of reverse