Zecca di Roma, Medaglione, 276 d. C., Cohen VI 43 (pag. 244)¹

Descrizione sommaria:
D.  IMP C M ANN FLORIANVS P AVG.² Floriano, busto laureato, drappeggiato, corazzato a destra.
R.  MONETA AVG. Le Monete (tre) in piedi a sinistra sorreggono ciascuna una bilancia ed una cornucopia. Ai piedi mucchi di monete.

La ricerca nel web ha prodotto i seguenti risultati:

1. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=1033 Florian, Medallion, Three Monetae Obv:- IMP C M ANN FLORIANVS P AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:- MONETA AVG, The three Monetae standing l., each holding scales and cornucopiae; at feet of each, a heap of coins Ref:- C 43. Gnecchi p. 115, 3. RIC pl. 12, 178. Toynbee p. 149 note 25 and pl. 47, 4, Musei Vaticani p. 113, 77 A cast, probably a tourist fake, sold in Sept. 2005 on German Ebay for 18 Euro.
2. http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=78511&AucID=84&Lot=484 Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 27 Auction date: May 12th, 2004 Lot number: 484 Price realized: Unsold Lot description: The Roman Empire Florian, 276 No.: 484 Estimate: CHF 16000 d=39 mm Medallion circa 276, æ 40.44 g. IMP C M AN FLORIANVS P F AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. MONETA AVG The three Monetae standing l., each holding scales and cornucopiae; at feet of each, a heap of coins. C 43. Gnecchi p. 115, 3. RIC pl. 12, 178. Toynbee p. 149 note 25 and pl. 47, 4 (these dies). Musei Vaticani p. 113, 77. Extremely rare. An impressive medallion of large module with a pleasant brown patina, about extremely fine / good very fine Ex J. Hirsch 1909, Weber, 2391 and Glendining 1950, Platt Hall part II, 1958 sales. The most familiar reverse type of Roman medallions depict the Tres Monetae. It perhaps makes its first appearance on a brass medallion of Commodus, after which it became a staple throughout most of the 3rd Century. This medallion type was occasionally used for circulating coins, most notably sestertii from early in the reign of Septimius Severus. Initially it featured inscriptions such as AEQVITAS PVBLICA(E) or AEQVITAS AVGVSTI, but by the reign of Trajan Decius (A.D. 249-251) it had assumed its most familiar form with the inscription MONETA AVG(G). Each of the three figures holds a cornucopiae and set of scales, and stands beside a heap of coins. Invariably the two outer figures hold scales hung at the end of rods or cords of more or less equal length, whereas the central figure suspends her scale from a much longer rod or cord. Since the figures represent the three principal coining metals - gold, silver and copper - we may presume the central figure represents gold, and that her longer rod or cord represents the more careful standard to which gold was weighed.
3. http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=65031&AucID=69&Lot=256 Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel > Auction 93 Auction date: December 16th, 2003 Lot number: 256 Price realized: 2,900 CHF (approx. 2,302 U.S. Dollars as of the auction date) Lot description: KAISERZEIT FLORIANUS, 276. No.: 256 Schätzpreis/Estimate: CHF 3500.- d=34 mm Bronze-Medaillon. IMP C M ANN FLORIANVS AVG Drap., gep. Büste mit L. n. r. Rv. M-ONETA A-VG Die drei Monetae im langen Gewand frontal stehend, Kopf jeweils n. l., in der Linken je ein Füllhorn haltend, in der Rechten eine Waage; zu ihren Füssen in Pyramidenform die drei Münzmetalle. 17,38 g. C. 44. Gnecchi, Medaglioni II, 115, 2 (dieses Exemplar erwähnt). Sehr selten. Breiter Schrötling. Leicht geglättet. Korrosionsstelle auf Rv. Sehr schön Provenienz: Aus Slg. Consul E. F. Weber und aus Auktion J. Hirsch, München 24 (1909), 2392 ("Schöne Patina. Vorzügliches Exemplar von grosser Seltenheit"; 250.- Franken).
4. http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=25608&AucID=27&Lot=804 Numismatik Lanz München > Auction 109 Auction date: May 27th, 2002 Lot number: 804 Price realized: 4,000 EUR (approx. 3,679 U.S. Dollars as of the auction date) Lot description: RöMISCHE MüNZEN (Münzstätte Rom, wenn nicht anders angegeben) KAISERREICH FLORIANUS (276) No.: 804 Schätzpreis-Estimation: EUR 4500.- Bronzemedaillon, 276. IMP C M ANN FLORIANVS AVG. Büste mit Lorbeerkranz, Paludament und Panzer rechts. Rs: M - ONETA A - VG. Die drei Monetae nebeneinander en face stehend, den Kopf nach links gewandt, in der Rechten Waage und im linken Arm Füllhorn haltend; zu ihren Füßen jeweils aufgehäuftes Münzmetall (Gold, Silber und Aes). C. 45. Gnecchi II, S. 115, 2 und Taf. 118, 9 (stempelgleich). Tocci S. 112 und Taf. XXIV, 76 (stempelgleich). 24,16g. äußerst selten. Graugrüne, auf Rs. leicht geglättete Patina mit antiken Versilberungsspuren, sehr schön/fast sehr schön.
5. http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=21614&AucID=23&Lot=414 Numismatik Lanz München > Auction 100 Auction date: November 20th, 2000 Lot number: 414 Price realized: Unsold Lot description: FLORIANUS (276 n. Chr.) No.: 414 Schätzpreis-Estimation: DM 15000.- d=34 mm Bronzemedaillon, 276. IMP C M ANN FLORIANVS AVG. Büste mit Lorbeerkranz, Paludament und Panzer rechts. Rs: M - ONETA A - VG. Die drei Monetae in langem Gewand nebeneinander en face stehend, den Kopf nach links gewandt, in der Rechten Waage und im linken Arm Füllhorn haltend; links zu ihren Füßen jeweils ein Kegel aus aufgehäuftem Münzmetall (Gold, Silber und Aes). C. 45. Gnecchi II, S. 115, 2 und Taf. 118, 9 (stempelgleich). Tocci S. 112 und Taf. XXIV, 76 (stempelgleich). 24,16g. äußerst selten. Gutes Portrait, graugrüne, auf Rs. leicht geglättete Patina mit Spuren antiker Versilberung, sehr schön/fast sehr schön.

Un saluto cordiale.
Giulio De Florio
www.monetaromana.it
 

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(1) Cliccando qui di seguito è possibile trovare un disegno di questo raro medaglione, tratto dal manuale del Cohen. Di questa moneta esistono tre varietà:

• la prima è quella di cui al link n°2, che si caratterizza per il fatto di presentare un bordo perlinato fortemente accostato al bordo della moneta;
• le altre due presentano un bordo lineare piuttosto spesso, interno al bordo della moneta e si differenziano tra loro per il diametro.