brm_792401 - PLAUTIA Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 60 AC
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,63 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée à l’usure régulière. Revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : P. YPSAE. S. C..
Obverse description : Tête de Neptune à droite ; derrière, un trident ornementé.
Obverse translation : (Publius Hypsæus avec l'accord du Sénat).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C. YPSAE. COS/ PRIV À L'EXERGUE ; VERTICALEMENT CEPIT.
Reverse description : Jupiter dans un quadrige galopant à gauche.
Reverse translation : (Gaius Hypsæus, consul, capture Privernum).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de trente-quatre coins de droit et de trente-huit coins de revers pour deux variétés différentes.
Historical background
PLAUTIA
(60 BC)
P. Plautius was aedile curule in 58 BC with Marcus Æmilius Scaurus and received from the Senate the authorization to register it on their common coinage. He belonged to a senatorial family since Marcus Plautius Hypsaeus had been consul in 125 BC. They gave grand games. On leaving office, Plautius obtained the praetorship in 55 and 54 BC. He was to take the consulship in 52 BC. He was one of Pompey's candidates. Publius Clodius was assassinated by Milon, an enemy of Plautius on January 18, 52 BC. Pompey was appointed sole consul to restore order and security in Rome where rival bands clashed. It was Metellus Scipio, Pompey's son-in-law, who shared the consulship. Publius Plautius Hypsaeus was pushed aside and rejected by Pompey, his old ally, before being condemned and exiled. He then disappears from history..
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