Live auction - brm_675647 - MARCIA Denier
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 165 € |
| Maximum bid : | 170 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 January 2022 14:29:02 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 134 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,93 g.
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Revers finement détaillé. Patine grise avec reflets dorés et bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Rome à droite, coiffée d'un casque ailé ; derrière la tête, un modius ; sous le cou, marque de valeur (XVI).
Reverse
Reverse legend : M-(MAR)-C// RO-MA.
Reverse description : Victoire dans un bige galopant à droite, tenant une couronne et les rênes ; sous les chevaux, deux épis de blé.
Reverse translation : “Marcia// Roma”, (Marcia// Rome).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 120 coins de droit et de 150 coins de revers.
Historical background
MARCIA
(134 BC)
The Marcia gens is one of the oldest and most important patrician and plebeian houses. In 134 AC, the triumvir monetalis is Marcus Marcius whose coins refer to Manius Marcius. Aedile plebeian in 440 AC, the latter organizes a distribution of grain.
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