E-auction 55-24489 - brm_279900 - DIVUS VESPASIAN Denier

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Estimate :	175 €
Price :	62 €
Maximum bid :	65 €
End of the sale :	05 May 2014 16:15:00
bidders :	14 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 79

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,45 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante. Joli revers. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.146 (10f.) - RIC.60 - BMC/RE.119 - RSC.146 - BN/R.95 (Titus) - RCV.2566 (480$) - MRK.20 /160 (400€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS..

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Vespasien à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Vespasianus”, (le Divin Vespasien Auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : EX S C À L’EXERGUE.

Reverse description : Char triomphal à gauche au pas orné de bas-reliefs et surmonté d’un petit quadrige vu de face entre deux Victoires qui le couronne.

Reverse translation : "Ex Senatus Consulto", (Par Décret du Sénat).

Commentary

Poids très léger. Pour D. Sear, les émissions posthumes de Vespasien sont datées de 80, plutôt que de 79.
Very light weight. According to D. Sear, Vespasian's posthumous issues are dated 80, rather than 79.