Live auction - brm_895084 - VALERIA Denier

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Estimate :	400 €
Price :	410 €
Maximum bid :	410 €
End of the sale :	05 March 2024 14:39:29
bidders :	9 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 140 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,74 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Revers finement détaillé. Patine grise avec de légers reflets bleutés et dorés

Catalogue references :

B.7 (Valeria) - BMC/RR.879 - CRR.440 - RRC.228/2 - RSC.7 - RCV.104 (240$) - CMDRR.1163 (300€) - MRR.884 (220€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; marque de valeur derrière la tête (X).

Reverse

Reverse legend : C. (VAL). C. F./ FLAC// ROMA DANS UN CARTOUCHE À L’EXERGUE.

Reverse description : Victoire dans un bige galopant à droite, tenant les rênes des deux mains.

Reverse translation : “Caius Valerius Caii Filius Flaccus/ Roma”, (Caius Valère fils de Caius Flaccus/ Rome).

Commentary

Ce denier semble rare. M. Crawford donne une estimation de quarante-huit coins de droit et de soixante coins de revers.

Historical background

VALERIA

(140 BC)

The Valeria gens is an ancient patrician family, of Sabine origin. This gens has an exceptional longevity and many of its members have reached high office. Several emperors also descend from this family which obtains the right to be buried within the walls of the city and to have a throne in the circus maxime.

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