Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Clodius C.f. Vestalis. 43 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.83 g, 9h). Rome mint. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 442.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

The Robert W. Hubel Collection, Assembled 1929-1939, Silver

Estimate: $ 300

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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Clodius C.f. Vestalis. 43 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.83 g, 9h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Flora right, wearing wreath of flowers; lily to left / Vestal virgin seated left, holding cymbium (two-handled bowl). Crawford 512/2; CRI 317; Sydenham 1135; Claudia 13; RBW 1790. Iridescent toning, reverse struck off center with peripheral weakness, banker’s mark, collector’s inventory number 389 in ink in field on reverse. Good VF.

From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan. Ex Helbing 63 (29 April 1931), lot 97 (collector’s ink added since).

David Sear (CRI p. 194) writes: “The reverse type of a seated Vestal, one of the six sacerdotes Vestales (the sole female priesthood in Rome), may represent nothing more than a punning allusion to the moneyer’s cognomen. Grueber and Crawford, however, both attempt more precise identifications, the former describing her as Claudia Quinta, the Vestal Virgin who was instrumental in bringing the image of Cybele (Magna Mater) from Asia Minor to Rome in 204 BC, the latter preferring Claudia, daughter of Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 143 BC), another noted Vestal, who protected her father against an intercessio (veto) following his unauthorized triumph. The obverse type depicting Flora, the Italian goddess of flowering or blossoming plants, probably relates to the foundation of the festival of the Floralia during the consulship in 240 BC of an ancestor of the moneyer, C. Claudius Centho.”

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 127 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 17-18 September 2024. This lot is in Session Two, which will begin 17 September at 2 PM ET.

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