Live auction - brm_457395 - PORCIA Denier serratus
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 31 October 2017 14:35:20 |
Type : Denier serratus
Date: 118 AC.
Mint name / Town : Narbonne
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré et légèrement bombé. Belle tête de Rome. Joli revers de style fin. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : L. PORCI - LICI.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; derrière la tête, marque de valeur, (XVI).
Obverse translation : “Lucius Pomponius Cnæi Filius”, (Lucius Pomponius, fils de Cneius).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L. LIC. CN. DOM À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Bige galopant à droite, conduit par Bituit, brandissant une lance de la main droite, et tenant un bouclier, le carnyx et les rênes de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Lucius Licinius/ Cnæus Domitius”, (Lucius Licinius/ Cneius Domitius).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de quarante-huit coins de droit et de 60 coins de revers. Ce denier semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laisse présager l’estimation du nombre de coins. Ce denier, qui appartient à une série monétaire qui en comporte cinq, est très important pour l’histoire de la Provincia (Provence) et de la Gaule et se trouve être l’un des plus rares. Dans les trésors, seuls vingt-neuf exemplaires ont été relevés, provenant des dépôts de Fiesole (3 ex.), de Syracuse (3 ex.), de Berchidda (6 ex.), de Monte Condruzzo (4 ex.), de San Giuliano (3 ex.), d’Alvignano (1 ex.), d’Avvetrana (3 ex.), de Pontecorvo (1 ex.), de Casaleone (4 ex.) et de Vigatto (1 ex.).
Historical background
PORCIA
(118 BC)
Quintus Fabius Maximus and Cnæus Domitius Ahenobarbus, respectively consuls in 122 and 121 BC, won a brilliant victory over the allied troops of the Allobroges and the Arvernes commanded by the Arverne king Bituit in 121 BC, which moreover put an end to the Arverne empire, brought the Allobroges into the Roman orbit as a client tribe and brought the Gallic "civitates" to emancipate themselves from Arverne tutelage. The bursting of Gaul in multiple entities was to allow Rome to establish a lasting peace in the new province (Provincia) organized from 118 before J. - C. and "to divide for better reigning". Bituit, taken prisoner, participated in the triumph of Quintus Fabius Maximus, his conqueror, in his own solid silver chariot, before being executed by strangulation as tradition dictated..
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PORCIA Denier serratus AU
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