brm_747774 - PETILLIA Denier
420.00 €(Approx. 436.80$ | 348.60£)
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Type : Denier
Date: 43 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Des faiblesses. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAPITOLINVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jupiter Optimus Maximus à droite.
Obverse translation : “Capitolinus”, (Capitolinus).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PETILLIVS.
Reverse description : Temple capitolin hexastyle de Jupiter Optimus Maximus, avec un fronton triangulaire richement décoré.
Reverse translation : “Petillius”, (Petillius).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 34 coins de droit et de 45 coins de revers pour trois variétés.
Historical background
PETILLIA
(43 BC)
The Petillia gens is a family of plebeian origin. Petillius Capitolinus, one of its members, who is not to be identified with the monetary triumvir, is accused of stealing the golden crown from the statue of Capitoline Jupiter. He is judged. Being a friend of Octave, he is acquitted, as Horace reports (Sat. I, 4. 24).
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