brm_354067 - AFRANIA Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,58 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré sur un flan ovale. Usure régulière avec un beau portrait. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Thierry Petit
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; derrière X.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAFRA// ROMA.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) dans un bige allant à droite, tenant un fouet de la main droite et les rênes de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Spurius Afrania// Roma", (Spurius Afrania// Rome).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce denier, M. Crawford donne une estimation de 76 coins de droit et de 95 coins de revers. Ce type semble en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Light weight. For this denier, Mr. Crawford gives an estimate of 76 obverse dies and 95 reverse dies. This type actually seems rarer than general works suggest.
Light weight. For this denier, Mr. Crawford gives an estimate of 76 obverse dies and 95 reverse dies. This type actually seems rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
AFRANIA
(150 BC)
In 151 BC, the consuls L. Lucinius Lucullus and A. Postumius Albinus were imprisoned by the tribunes of the plebs. The consuls for the year 150 BC are T. Quinctius Flaminus and M. Acilius Balbus. Masinissa, in Africa, attacks Carthage which finally declares war on it in 151 BC. The Carthaginians are beaten the following year. The Romans intervene and eventually declare war on their eternal rival, Carthage..
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