Live auction - brm_743782 - ANTESTIA Denier

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	250 €
Maximum bid :	250 €
End of the sale :	07 June 2022 14:34:45
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Denier

Date: 136 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,87 g.

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Rome ainsi qu’un revers finement détaillé. Patine grise de collection avec de légers reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

B.9 (Antestia) - CRR.451 - RRC. 238 /1 - RSC.9 (Antestia) - RCV.115 (224$) - CMDRR.151 - MRR.904 - BMC/RR.978 pl. 27/7

Obverse

Obverse legend : GRAG.

Obverse description : Tête de Rome à droite, coiffée du casque ailé ; sous le menton, marque (XVI) .

Obverse translation : “Gragulus”, (Gragulus).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ROMA À L'EXERGUE ; L. (ANTE)S EN MONOGRAMME SOUS LE QUADRIGE.

Reverse description : Jupiter dans un quadrige galopant à droite, tenant un sceptre long et les rênes de la main gauche et brandissant un foudre de la main droite.

Reverse translation : “Lucius Antestius// Roma”, (Lucius Antestius// Rome).