Live auction - brm_612475 - CAECILIA Denier
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 230 € |
| Maximum bid : | 230 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 September 2020 14:41:46 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 130 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, légèrement décentré au revers. Portrait de Rome de toute beauté. Joli revers. Patine grise de collection avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
B.21 - BMC/RR.1053 pl. 28/18 - RRC.509 (2) - CRR.256 /1 - RSC.21 - RCV.132 (240$) - CMDRR.208 - MRR.976
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection J. H
Obverse
Obverse legend : Q. (ME)(TE) EN MONOGRAMME.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; sous le menton, marque de valeur (XVI).
Obverse translation : “Quintus Metellus”, (Quintus Metellus).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Jupiter dans un quadrige passant au pas à droite, tenant une palme de la main droite, un foudre et les rênes de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 55 coins de droit et de 69 coins de revers.
Historical background
CAECILIA
(130 BC)
The Caecilia gens is a very powerful plebeian family. In 130 BC, Quintus Caecilius Metellus was a magistrate who minted coins.
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