Live auction - brm_683418 - ROMULUS Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 September 2021 15:58:16 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 310
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 5,87 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan court, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très joli revers. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Romulus à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Divo Romulo Nobilissimus Vir, Bis Consul”, (Au divin Romulus, homme très noble, consul pour la seconde fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AETERNAE - MEMORIAE// RBP.
Reverse description : Temple à dôme circulaire, les portes entrouvertes, surmonté d'une aigle debout à droite, tournant la tête à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æternæ Memoriæ”, (À la mémoire éternelle).
Commentary
Au revers, le temple a une porte ouverte.
Historical background
ROMULUS
(+309)
Maxentius' son - Caesar
Romulus, born in 294, is the son of Maxentius and Valeria Maximilia. Maximien Hercule and Galère are his grandfathers. He was twice consul, in 308 and 309. When he died in 309, Romulus was immediately deified, and Maxentius had a temple built for him on the Sacred Way next to the temple of Faustina..
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