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brm_959661 - MINUTIA Denier

MINUTIA Denier XF
120.00 €(Approx. 130.80$ | 100.80£)
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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
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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.

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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