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E-auction 230-153982 - brm_316898 - FONTEIA Denier

FONTEIA Denier XF
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Estimate : 100 €
Price : 155 €
Maximum bid : 200 €
End of the sale : 11 September 2017 14:17:30
bidders : 13 bidders
Type : Denier
Date: 55 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
EXemplaire sur un flan ovale à l’usure régulière avec une trace de trou rebouché à l’extérieur du grènetis visible au droit. patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Obverse


Obverse legend : P. - FONTEIVS. P. F - C[APITO]. III. VIR.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et drapé de Mars à droite vu de trois quarts en avant avec le trophée sur l'épaule.
Obverse translation : “Publius Fonteius Publii Filius Capito triumvir”, Publius Fonteius fils de Publius Capito triumvir monétaire).

Reverse


Reverse legend : (MN). - FO(NT). TR. - MIL.
Reverse description : Cavalier casqué, le manteau flottant galopant à droite, tenant une javeline de la main droite et terrassant deux guerriers gaulois.
Reverse translation : “Manius Fonteius Tribunus Militum”, (Manius Fonteius, tribun militaire).

Commentary


Grand buste, petit trophée. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 96 coins de droit et de 107 coins de revers. Il existe deux variantes avec petit et grand trophée sur l’épaule de Mars au droit.

Historical background


FONTEIA

(55 BC)

In 55, Pompey and Crassus were consuls together for the second time. Their first joint consulship dated from 70 BC. That same year the "lex Trebonia and Pompeia Licinia" consecrated the powers of the triumvirate formed in 59 BC by Caesar and the two above-named. Caesar undertakes his first campaign in Brittany.

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