Live auction - brm_430291 - COSSUTIA Denier

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	13 June 2017 14:31:54

Type : Denier

Date: 74 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,98 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale un peu court au droit mais beau portrait. Revers de style fin. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.1 (Cossutia) - BMC/RR.- - CRR.790 (4) - RRC.395 /1 - RSC.1 - RCV.331 (600$) - CMDRR.655 (400€) - MRR.1297 (500€)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection Robert Couet

Obverse

Obverse legend : [SABVLA].

Obverse description : Tête de Méduse à gauche, coiffée d’un diadème surmonté d’ailes, orné de serpents.

Obverse translation : “Sabula”, (Sabula).

Reverse

Reverse legend : L. COSSVTI. C. F..

Reverse description : Bellérophon, chevauchant Pégase s’envolant à droite ; derrière, marque de contrôle XV (15).

Reverse translation : “Lucius Cossutius Caii Filius”, (Lucius Cossutius fils de Caius).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de vingt-huit coins de droit et de trente-et-un coins de revers. Les coins de revers sont numérotés entre I et XXXXII (1 et 42). Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background

COSSUTIA

(74 BC)

The Cossutia gens is of plebeian origin, of equestrian order.

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