Live auction - brm_344598 - POMPONIA Denier
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Estimate : | 1 500 € |
Price : | 3 523 € |
Maximum bid : | 3 523 € |
End of the sale : | 31 March 2015 14:22:50 |
bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 66 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,88 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur flan ovale avec une partie des grènetis visibles. Portrait de style fin de toute beauté et revers d’une finesse incroyable ! Patine grise aux reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de M. Robert Couet
Obverse
Obverse legend : Q. POMPONI - MVSA.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon lauré à droite.
Obverse translation : “Quintus Pomponius Musa” (Quintus Pomponius Musa).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HERCVLES/MVSARVM.
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout à droite, la léonté sur l’épaule, tombant jusqu’au sol, jouant de la lyre de la main droite et la massue de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Hercules Musarum” (L’Hercule des Muses).
Commentary
C’est le type le plus rare accompagnant la série des Muses.