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brm_521929 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS As

ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS As VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 110.00 €
Type : As
Date: c. 211 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 24,65 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan légèrement irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante mais régulière. Monnaie bien identifiable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe de Janus , au-dessus, I.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Proue de galère à droite (rostre) ; au-dessus, I.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).

Commentary


Les poids sont très variables et nous pouvons avoir de grandes variations d’une pièce à l’autre, le poids moyen étant autour de 40 grammes.

Historical background


ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS

(225-211 BC)

This period is mainly marked by the start of the Second Punic War in 218 AC after the capture of Sagunto and Carthage's refusal to deliver Hannibal to the Romans. The latter crossed the Pyrenees and the Alps with nearly fifty thousand men. The Roman armies were crushed at Trebia in 218 AC, at Lake Trasimene in 217 AC and at Cannes in 216 AC In 212 AC, Hannibal took Taranto and rallied the towns of southern Italy. 211 AC marks a Roman victory at Capua..

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