Live auction - brm_627802 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Quinaire
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 150 € |
| Maximum bid : | 152 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 October 2021 15:04:03 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Quinaire
Date: 81 AC.
Mint name / Town : Italie ou Gaule Cisalpine
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Apollon. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA À L’EXERGUE, AU-DESSUS III.
Reverse description : Victoire drapée debout à droite, tournée à gauche, posant un bouclier sur un trophée d’armes placé dans le champ à droite.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
La marque de contrôle (III) placée entre la victoire et le trophée est bien un chiffre et semble beaucoup plus rare.
Historical background
ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS
(81 BC)
Sylla found himself master of Rome after the battle of Porte Colline. He was named dictator for life. Then begin the proscriptions. The Knights are particularly targeted. The terror lasts more than a year. Sylla reorganizes Italy and the government of the Provinces. In Rome, he breaks the power of the tribunes. That year, Marcus Tullius Decula and Cneius Cornelius Dolabella were consuls.
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