brm_354229 - FANNIA Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 123 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,91 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan court et ovale, bien centré. Joli portrait. Superbe revers de style fin. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Thierry Petit
Obverse
Obverse legend : ROMA.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; sous le menton, marque de valeur, X.
Obverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Reverse
Reverse legend : M. F(AN). C. F..
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) dans un quadrige galopant à droite, tenant une couronne de la main droite et les rênes de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Marcus Fannius Caii Filius”, (Marc Fannius fils de Caius).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 282 coins de droit et de 352 coins de revers.
Historical background
FANNIA
(123 BC)
The Fannia gens is a plebeian family from Rome. A Caius Fannius was tribune of the plebs in 187 BC and one of his namesake consul in 122 BC Marcus Fannius is the only member of the gens Fannia to have coined money. He can in no way be the son of the first. It could be that he is the son of the second, the consul, which would imply that a Marcus Fannius is inserted between the "Caius Fannius". This last hypothesis would then justify the use of the prænomen Marcus by our monetary.
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