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Live auction - brm_825538 - CUPRENNIA Denier

CUPRENNIA Denier AU/AU
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Estimate : 400 €
Price : 200 €
Maximum bid : 200 €
End of the sale : 25 April 2023 14:35:16
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Denier
Date: 147 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,06 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau denier sur un flan idéalement centré. De jolis détails au droit, très fine usure régulière. Magnifique revers finement détaillé. Patine grise

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Rome à droite, casquée, une corne d’abondance placée derrière elle ; sous le menton, X.

Reverse


Reverse legend : L. CVP// ROMA À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Les Dioscures, Castor et Pollux (les Gémeaux) à cheval, galopant à droite ; ils sont cuirassés avec le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, coiffés d'un bonnet surmonté d'une étoile, tenant chacun une javeline.
Reverse translation : “Lucius Cupiennus”, (Lucius Cupiennus).

Commentary


A. Varesi rappelle que la corne d’abondance pourrait être l’épisème de la famille (copia) qui était originaire de Thurium (Copia à l’époque romaine). Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 73 coins de droit et de 91 coins de revers. Ce denier semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


CUPRENNIA

(147 BC)

In 147 BC, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Æmilianus (Scipio Emilian) and Caius Livius Drusus were consuls. The Third Punic War began in 149 BC. Cato the Elder died before his dream of the destruction of Carthage was realized. Scipio Emilian succeeds Calpurnius Piso in the direction of the siege of Carthage, while Andriscus, who claimed to be the son of Perseus, is beaten in Macedonia by Q. Cæcilius Metellus who takes the nickname of Macedonian. The Via Postumia connects Aquileia to Verona and Cremona. The temples of Jupiter and Juno were dedicated in Rome that year. Gaius Terentius Lucanus could have been the master of Terence, according to Suetonius (Vita Terenti 1, Publius Terentius Afer, Latin comic poet, Carthage c. 190-159 BC) or the son of this master. Caius Terentius Lucanus gave magnificent games with gladiators according to Pliny the Elder (HN. XXXV).

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