Live auction - brm_747601 - MARCUS ANTONIUS AND LEPIDUS Denier

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Estimate :	400 €
Price :	250 €
Maximum bid :	250 €
End of the sale :	09 July 2024 14:41:17
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 43 AC.

Mint name / Town : avec Antoine, Gaule Transalpine

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 3,70 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire centré à l’usure régulière. Jolie représentation du droit. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.10 (Antonia) - BMC/RR.31 (Gaul) - CRR.1156 - RRC.489 /2 - RSC.2 - RCV.1499 - CRI.119 a - C.2 - MRR.1508 (1500€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : M. ANTON IMP.

Obverse description : Emblèmes de l’augurat, lituus, vase à sacrifice (capis) et corbeau.

Obverse translation : "Marcus Antonius Imperator”, (Marc Antoine, Imperator).

Reverse

Reverse legend : M LEPID IMP.

Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : simpulum, aspersoir, hache à sacrifices et apex (chapeau de pontife).

Reverse translation : “Marcus Lepidus Imperator”, (Marc Lépide Imperator).

Commentary

Contremarque au droit. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de trente coins de droit et de trente trois coins de revers. Type que nous proposons pour la deuxième fois à la vente !.

Historical background

MARCUS ANTONIUS AND LEPIDUS

(43-42 BC)

Marc Antoine and Lépide were objective allies before forming the second Triumvirate with Octave. Marc Antoine was proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul and Transalpine Gaul while Lépide was proconsul of Narbonne Gaul and Spain.