v25_0159 - CRITONIA Denier

MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 155.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 200.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: 86 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 3,97 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Usure régulière. Revers inhabituel. A été nettoyé anciennement

Catalogue references :

B.1 (Critonia) - BMC/RR.2465 - CRR.717 a - RRC.351 /1 - RSC.1 - RCV.267 (440$) - CMDRR.663 (300€) - MRR.1228 (400€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : AED. PL.

Obverse description : Buste drapé de Cérès à droite, coiffée d’une couronne d’épis.

Obverse translation : “Ædiles Plebei”.

Reverse

Reverse legend : PA/ M. FAN. L. CR+.

Reverse description : Les deux édiles assis à droite sur un banc (subsellium), vêtus de la toge ; dans le champ à droite, un épi de blé.

Reverse translation : “Publico Argento/ Marcus Fannius Lucius Critonius”, (Argent public/ Marcus Fannius Lucius Critonius).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de vingt-deux coins de droit et de vingt-quatre coins de revers. Ce type de denier est beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background

CRITONIA

(86 BC)

Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Caius Marius were consuls in 86 BC. Marius was consul for the seventh time when he died in January and was succeeded by Lucius Valerius Flaccus. Cinna will also be consul without interruption from 87 to 84 before being assassinated. Sylla takes Athens and, after the battles of Chaeronea and Orchomene, signs the peace of Dardanus with Mithridates VI of Pontus (120-63 BC). Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (94-74 BC) and Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia (95-63 BC) are restored. Catullus and Sallust were both born in 86 BC.

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