Live auction - brm_930588 - POMPEIA Denier

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MS/AU

Estimate :	500 €
Price :	460 €
Maximum bid :	500 €
End of the sale :	24 September 2024 14:39:56
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 137 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 3,88 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Portrait de toute beauté, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Patine grise de collection avec de légers reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

B.1 (Pompeia) - BMC/RR.927 - CRR.461 a (4) - RRC.235 /1c - RSC.1 - RCV.112 (296$) - CMDRR.1021 (300€) - MRR.899 (250€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; derrière un vase ; X sous le menton.

Reverse

Reverse legend : F-OSTLV-S/ SEX. PO// ROMA.

Reverse description : La Louve debout à droite, allaitant Rémus et Romulus ; derrière, un arbre (Ficus Ruminalis) sur lequel sont perchés trois oiseaux et Faustulus appuyé sur un bâton.

Reverse translation : “Sextus Pompeius Fostulus//Roma”, (Sextus Pompée Fostulus// Rome).