bgr_460304 - HISPANIA - SPAIN - HISPANO-CARTAGIENSIS Demi-unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 218-201 AC.
Mint name / Town : Carthagène, Espagne
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Très belle tête d’Arès. Revers inhabituel. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Arès à gauche, coiffé du casque corinthien à cimier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Palmier de face avec des fruits pendants.
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we offer this type for sale
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we offer this type for sale
Historical background
HISPANIA - SPAIN - HISPANO-CARTAGIENSIS
(241-202 BC)
After the end of the first Punic war in 241 BC, the Carthaginians having lost Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, fell back on Spain. They settled in Gadir in 237 BC Hamilcar, the father of Hannibal was at the origin of this redeployment. Hasdrubal founded Cartagena in 229 BC By the end of the Second Punic War, Spain was practically Carthaginian. Hannibal taking Saguntum, an ally of Rome, in 219 BC, prepares for war against Rome.
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