v13_0053 - MARCIA Denier
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 186.29 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 186.29 €
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 186.29 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 186.29 €
Type : Denier
Date: 88 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,87 g.
Coments on the condition:
Portraits inhabituels. Bien centré des deux côtés. Frappe molle au revers. Tranche irrégulière
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bustes diadémés accolés des rois Numa Pompilius, barbu et Ancus Marcius, imberbe à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : C. CENSO À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Desultor galopant sur une paire de chevaux à droite, brandissant un fouet de la main droite ; au-dessus de l’exergue, marque de contrôle.
Reverse translation : “Caius [Marcius] Censorinus”, (Caius Marcius Censorinus).
Historical background
MARCIA
(88 BC)
Caius Marcius Censorinus must be identified with one of Marius' followers, more precisely the one who accuses Sylla of embezzlement on his return from the East. As one of the leaders of the Marianist party, he entered Rome with Marius and Cinna in 87 BC and became one of the main instigators of the massacres that followed. Faithful to the memory of Marius, he fought Sylla, but was taken prisoner at the Battle of Porte Colline in 82 BC and executed.
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