brm_959661 - MINUTIA Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 133 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Agréable denier bien centré, à l’usure fine et régulière. Patine grise aux reflets bleutés au revers
Catalogue references :
BMC/RR.963 - CRR.470 (2) - RRC.248 /1 - RSC.15 - RCV.125 (240$) - CMDRR.921 - MRR.951 - B.15 (Minucia) - RBW.1020
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Rome à droite, coiffée du casque ailé ; derrière la tête, (marque XVI).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA/ L. MINVCI À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Jupiter dans un quadrige galopant à droite, tenant un sceptre long et les rênes de la main gauche et brandissant un foudre de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Roma// Lucius Minucius”, (Rome, Lucius Minucius).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 68 coins de droit et de 85 coins de revers. Il existe une très rare variété sans ROMA au revers.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 68 right dies and 85 reverse dies. There is a very rare variety without ROMA on the reverse
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 68 right dies and 85 reverse dies. There is a very rare variety without ROMA on the reverse
Historical background
MINUTIA
(133 BC)
The year 631 (AUC) of Rome corresponding to 133 BC is significant. Attalus III, king of Pergamon, on dying made the Romans his universal legatees. It is also the end of the servile insurrection in Sicily while Scipio Emilian takes Numance ending the Spanish war. Tiberius Gracchus, tribune of the plebs tries to have the "lex agraria" passed by opposing part of the Senate and the patricians. He is eventually murdered. The two consuls are Publius Mucius Scaevola and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi.
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