brm_319547 - PLAETORIA Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 69 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très belle tête de Bonus Eventus. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec reflets mordorés et bleutés irisés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête masculine juvénile (Bonus Eventus) à droite, les cheveux longs ; derrière la tête, une feuille de vigne.
Reverse
Reverse legend : M. PLAETORI/ CEST. EX. S. C..
Reverse description : Caducée ailé.
Reverse translation : “Marcus Plætorius/ Cestianus Ex Senatus Consulto” (Marcus Plaetorius/ Cestianus par décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Au revers les extrémités du caducée se terminent par des têtes de serpent.
Historical background
PLAETORIA
(69-67 BC)
Of plebeian origin, the gens Plaetoria comes from the city of Sabine. Thanks to certain denarii, we also know that Marcus Plætorius Cestianus was curule aedile in 67 BC, which would seem to indicate a patrician affiliation. The aediles are responsible for ensuring the provisioning of Rome, the public games and the city police. It is possible that our moneyer took charge of the organization of the "Ludi Florales" of 67 BC. On leaving office, the patrician aedile can access the praetorship, which Marcus Plætorius Cestianus does in 66 BC, before seeking the consulship. It does not seem that our currency was entitled to consular pomp. As Cicero recounts (ad. Att. V. 20, 8), he was condemned in 51 BC.
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