Live auction - brm_458477 - NERIA Denier
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 December 2017 14:31:37 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: 49 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,60 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur flan irrégulier, légèrement décentré des deux côtés. Cependant, bel état de conservation pour ce type rare et magnifique patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant du fonds Bourgey
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERI. Q. VRB.
Obverse description : Tête de Saturne à droite avec un harpon derrière.
Obverse translation : “Nerius quæstor urbinus” (Nerius questeur urbain).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L. LE(NT)/ C. (MA)R/ CO-S/ H - P.
Reverse description : Aigle légionnaire (aquila) entre deux étendards de manipules des Hastati et des Principes.
Reverse translation : “Lucius Lentulus, Caius Marcellus consules/ Hastati Principes” (Lucius Lentulus Caius Marcellus consuls, Hastati et Principes).
Historical background
NERIA
(49 BC)
The gens Neria is of plebeian origin. Cnæus Nerius is urban quaestor in 49 BC. He seems to belong to Pompey's party and certainly follows his master when Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon and seizes Rome. He follows the consuls to Sicily.
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