Live auction - brm_843710 - CORNELIA SUPERA Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 20 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
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| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 14:51:07 |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 253
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 350 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,16 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Très beau revers. Joli buste de Cornelia Supera. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Künker, Auction 158, lot n° 735 et de la vente NAC, Auction 72, lot n° 725
Avec son certificat d’exportation n°225401 délivré par le Ministère français de la Culture
Obverse
Obverse legend : C CORNEL SVPERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste voilé, diadémé et drapé de Cornelia Supera à droite posé sur un croissant, vu de trois quarts en avant (L15).
Obverse translation : "Cornelia Supera Augustus", (Cornelia Supera Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VESTA.
Reverse description : Vesta voilée et drapée, debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite une patère et de la gauche un sceptre transversal.
Reverse translation : “Vesta”, (Vesta).
Commentary
Exemplaire exceptionnel ! C’est la première fois que nous présentons un antoninien de Cornelia Supera à la vente. Seules les monnaies permettent d’attester l’existence de cette femme, probablement femme de l’empereur Emilien. Cette monnaie est donc un monument historique ! .
Historical background
CORNELIA SUPERA
253
Cornelia Supéra is absent from all historical sources, except coins. Its existence is known to us only by the very rare coins in its name. Before the 19th century, some scholars considered that Cornélia Supera must have been the wife of Valérien. Eckhel, the father of modern numismatics, decisively proved that the mint of the coins in the name of Cornelia Supera is identical to that of the coins of Emilian. He thus proved that Cornelia Supera was Emilien's wife. Each coin in the name of Cornelia Supéra is therefore a historical monument of great importance..
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