Live auction - brm_408198 - VIBIA Denier

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Estimate :	350 €
Price :	235 €
Maximum bid :	285 €
End of the sale :	13 December 2016 14:31:17
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 48 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 3,97 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire idéalement centré au droit et complet des deux cotés. Portrait remarquable et beau revers. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.16 (Vibia) - BMC/RR.3977 pl. 50/2 - CRR.946 (1) - RRC.449 /2 - RSC.16 - RCV.421 (440$) - CRI.21 (275£) - CMDRR.1216 (600€) - MRR.1392 (325€)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection Robert Couet

Obverse

Obverse legend : PANSA.

Obverse description : Tête imberbe de Bacchus ou Liber à droite, coiffée d'une couronne de vigne.

Reverse

Reverse legend : C. VIBIVS. C. F. C. N..

Reverse description : Cérès drapée, marchant à droite, tenant dans chaque main une torche allumée ; devant elle, dans le champ, un araire.

Reverse translation : "Caius Vibius Caii filius Caii nepos", (Caius Vibius fils de Caius, petit-fils de Caius).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 54 coins de droit et de 60 coins de revers. Ce denier semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.