v08_0149 - SICINIA Denier
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 289.65 €
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 289.65 €
Type : Denier
Date: 49 AC
Mint name / Town : Rome, avec Pompée
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 950 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire bien centré avec une jolie patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FORT DEVANT ET P. R DERRIÈRE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de la Fortune à droite avec boucles d'oreilles.
Obverse translation : "Fortuna Populus Romanus" (La Fortune du peuple Romain).
Reverse
Reverse legend : Q. SICINIV/ III - VIR.
Reverse description : Palme et caducée posés en sautoir surmontés d'une couronne.
Reverse translation : (Quintus Sicinius triumvir monétaire).
Historical background
SICINIA
(49 BC)
The gens Sicinia is a family of plebeian origin from Rome. In 49, the break between Pompey and Caesar is consummated. Caesar crosses the Rubicon, "Alea Jacta est!", on January 11 and invades Italy. The Senate entrusts the defense of Rome to Pompey. Quintus Sicinius is named by the prefect of the City and mints there until Caesar seizes it. This is the last official coinage of the Pompeian party in the Urbs. Faced with the impossibility of defending the City against Caesar's troops, Pompey fled and took refuge in Greece with part of the Roman aristocracy..
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