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E-auction 50-21291 - bgr_283826 - HISPANIA - SPAIN - HISPANO-CARTAGIENSIS Demi-unité

HISPANIA - SPAIN - HISPANO-CARTAGIENSIS Demi-unité XF/VF
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Estimate : 325 €
Price : 92 €
Maximum bid : 125 €
End of the sale : 31 March 2014 15:00:30
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 218-201 AC.
Mint name / Town : Carthagène, Espagne
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale. Très belle tête d’Athéna rehaussé par la patine. Revers inhabituel, mais de frappe molle. Belle patine vert foncé et sable
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque attique à cimier.

Reverse


Reverse description : Cheval passant à droite ; lettre punique (b) sous la croupe du cheval.

Commentary


Poids léger. Ce type est beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.

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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