brm_625079 - CAECILIA As

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Price : 125.00 €

Type : As

Date: c. 169-158 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 31,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 26,98 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Joli revers. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

B.8 - BMC/RR.811 - CRR.355 (2) - RRC.174 /1 - RCV.695

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection J. H

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête imberbe de Janus , au-dessus, I.

Reverse

Reverse legend : A CÆ// [ROMA DANS UNE CARTOUCHE].

Reverse description : Proue de galère à droite (rostre) ; devant, I.

Commentary

Série onciale frappée. Pour ce monétaire, A. Caecilius, outre l’as, nous avons le semis, le triens, le quadrans et le sextans. Dans son inventaire général, M. Crawford n’avait relevé que 30 exemplaires pour l’as.

Historical background

CAECILIA

(169-158 BC.)

Appius Caecilius

This moneyer is perhaps the son of A. Caecilius who was plebeian aedile in 189 BC The war in Macedonia is raging. Finally, Perseus was defeated at Pydna in 168 BC by Paul-Émile. The Romans are in Illyria. Rhodes and the kingdom of Pergamon pass under the protection of Rome. Delos is proclaimed a free port. Epirus is conquered, Macedonia divided into four provinces and Illyria becomes a protectorate in 167 BC The booty taken in Greece is considerable. During the next ten years, Rome consolidated its position in the Balkans and in Asia Minor..