Live auction - brm_504719 - POPULUS ROMANUS Demi-centenionalis ou demi-nummus
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 30 October 2018 15:14:07 |
Type : Demi-centenionalis ou demi-nummus
Date: 330
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait particulier du Génie. Revers bien venu au revers. Patine marron foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P
Obverse
Obverse legend : POP ROMANVS.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé du Peuple romain à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant avec une corne d'abondance sur l'épaule (A*11).
Obverse translation : "Populus Romanus", (Le Peuple romain).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// CONSH.
Reverse description : Étoile dans une couronne.
Commentary
Poids très léger. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
POPULUS ROMANUS
This monetary type is struck only for the mint of Constantinople in 330 at the time of the dedication of the city (May 5, 330). The Roman people identified with the new capital which had institutions modeled on those of the Urbs.
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