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Live auction - brm_441695 - MEMMIA Denier

MEMMIA Denier AU
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : 235 €
Maximum bid : 235 €
End of the sale : 01 August 2017 14:29:12
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Denier
Date: 56 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 4,01 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Cérès. Revers de style fin bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de médaillier avec reflets mordorés irisés

Obverse


Obverse legend : C. MEMMI. C. F..
Obverse description : Tête de Cérès à droite, coiffée d’une couronne d’épis avec boucle d’oreille.
Obverse translation : “Caius Memmius Caii Filius” (Caius Memmius fils de Caius).

Reverse


Reverse legend : C. MEMMIVS// IMPERATOR.
Reverse description : Trophée d’armes avec un captif agenouillé à droite.
Reverse translation : “Caius Memmius// Imperator” (Caius Memmius imperator).

Historical background


MEMMIA

(56 BC)

Caius Memmius belongs to the senatorial aristocracy. For a long time he was believed to be the grandson of Sylla and consul suffect in 34 BC. He would in fact be the nephew of Pompey, son of C. Memmius, quaestor in 76 BC, finding death the next year. Monetary magistrate in 57 BC, he will be tribune of the plebs in 54 BC..

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