v23_0196 - NUMITORIA Quadrans anonyme frappé, (PB, Æ 18)
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 10
Maximum bid : 150.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 10
Maximum bid : 150.00 €
Type : Quadrans anonyme frappé, (PB, Æ 18)
Date: c. 133 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Portrait légèrement stylisé sur un flan ovale et décentré. Style fin au revers. Patine marron foncé superficielle, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Hercule à droite, coiffée de la léonté ; (derrière trois globules).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C. NVMITOR// ROMA AU-DESSOUS DE LA PROUE.
Reverse description : Proue de galère (rostre) à droite ; trois globules à droite.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Poids léger. Le poids est relativement lourd par rapport à ceux normalement relevés, autour de 4 grammes. M. Crawford signale dix-sept exemplaires pour deux variétés.
Light weight. The weight is relatively heavy compared to those normally recorded, around 4 grams. Mr. Crawford reports seventeen specimens for two varieties.
Light weight. The weight is relatively heavy compared to those normally recorded, around 4 grams. Mr. Crawford reports seventeen specimens for two varieties.
Historical background
NUMITORIA
(133 BC)
The year 631 (AUC) of Rome corresponding to 133 BC is significant. Attalus III, king of Pergamon, on dying made the Romans his universal legatees. It is also the end of the servile insurrection in Sicily while Scipio Emilian takes Numance ending the Spanish war. Tiberius Gracchus, tribune of the plebs tries to have the "lex agraria" passed by opposing part of the Senate and the patricians. He is eventually murdered. The two consuls are Publius Mucius Scaevola and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi.
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