The presence of a silver denarius in the obverse indicates that during the course of striking, a denarius became lodged in the reverse die and caused the striking of an indeterminate number of brockages (a mint error in which the obverse or reverse of a coin is repeated, in relief and incuse, on both sides of the coin). The die is of identical fabric and metal composition to the other known examples, confirming that it is an official die. One was found at Vertault our specimen comes from an old collection in Poule-les-Echarmaux, in the same area. Four more were found in 1863 at Paray-le-Monial and also now reside in museums. Six dies were unearthed in Auxerre in 1799, four of which are now in the Bibliotech Nationale coin cabinet the other two reside at the Musee de la Monnaie in Paris. Lafaurie have surveyed surviving examples and determined that 12 coin dies can be confirmed as official mint products interestingly, 11 of these are from the important imperial mint of Lugdunum (modern Lyon) in France. French numismatists Jean-Baptist Giard and J. Extremely rare.Įx Stack’s (22 April 2009), lot 1400 Heritage 3015 (7 September 2001), lot 23297.įrom the consignor: While a number of forger’s dies have survived from Roman times, only a handful of “official” coin dies are currently known to exist. Malkmus, “Addenda to Vermeule’s catalog of ancient coin dies: Part 1,” SAN XVII.4 (September 1989), p. Vermeule, “Some notes on ancient dies and coining methods,” NumCirc LXI.10 (November 1953), Die Representation No.

Lupu, “Aspekte des Münzumlaufs im vorrömischen Dakien,” JNG XVII (1967), pl. Brass face with obverse of a Lugdunum mint Group 1 “Tribute Penny” type denarius of Tiberius (RIC I 26). Dimensions: overall length, 15mm diameter, 23mm at face, expanding to 30mm at widest point, then tapering to 12mm at base. Sold for $50000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Official Die of Tiberius CNG 109, Lot: 752.

Tiberius denarius