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brm_589199 - VALERIA Denier

VALERIA Denier VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 80.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 140 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et bien centré. Quelques faiblesses. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

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


M. Crawford donne une estimation de quarante-huit coins de droit et de soixante coins de revers.

Historical background


VALERIA

(140 BC)

The Valeria gens is an ancient patrician family, of Sabine origin. This gens has an exceptional longevity and many of its members have reached high office. Several emperors also descend from this family which obtains the right to be buried within the walls of the city and to have a throne in the circus maxime.

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