bpv_354701 - SPAIN - VALENCIA As
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 550.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 550.00 €
Type : As
Date: c. 138 AC.
Mint name / Town : Valence, Espagne
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 16,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection MG
Obverse
Obverse legend : C. LVCIEN - C. (MV)NI. Q.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite.
Obverse translation : “Caius Lucienus Caius Municius Quaestores”, (Caius Lucienus Caius Municius questeurs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (VA)LE-NTIA.
Reverse description : Corne d’abondance traversée par un faisceau de six flèches.
Reverse translation : “Valentia)”, (Valence).
Commentary
Pour ce type, L. Villaronga a recensé 105 exemplaires avec un poids moyent de 17,51 g et un diamètre de 28 à 30 millimètres.
Historical background
SPAIN - VALENCIA
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Spain had become a Roman province after the Second Punic War. Rome divided the region into two provinces from 197 BC. The colony of Valencia was founded in 138 BC and ruled by two Roman magistrates.
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