brm_140786 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS As
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Price : 125.00 €
Type : As
Date: c. 211-206 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 29,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière. Beau portrait avec une très jolie patine vert olive clair
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue de Janus , au-dessus, I.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Proue de galère à droite (rostre) ; au-dessus marteau et apex ; devant, I.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Poids léger. Cet as pose un problème de datation. Il pourrait être placé dans la série anonyme datée entre 157 et 155 avant J.-C., frappée sur un étalon oncial (27,06 g). Notre exemplaire avec un poids de 29,02 g semblait trop lourd pour cette réduction. Le poids moyen de la série sextantaire est d’environ 40 grammes et la moitié pour la série onciale frappée cinquante plus tard. Notre exemplaire doit avoir été frappé sur un étalon sextantaire (54,12 g) avec un poids léger.
Light weight. This ace poses a dating problem. It could be placed in the anonymous series dated between 157 and 155 BC, struck on an uncial standard (27.06 g). Our example with a weight of 29.02 g seemed too heavy for this reduction. The average weight of the sextantary series is about 40 grams and half that for the uncial series struck fifty years later. Our example must have been struck on a sextantary standard (54.12 g) with a light weight
Light weight. This ace poses a dating problem. It could be placed in the anonymous series dated between 157 and 155 BC, struck on an uncial standard (27.06 g). Our example with a weight of 29.02 g seemed too heavy for this reduction. The average weight of the sextantary series is about 40 grams and half that for the uncial series struck fifty years later. Our example must have been struck on a sextantary standard (54.12 g) with a light weight
Historical background
ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS
(211-202 BC)
In 211 AC, the young Publius Cornelius Scipio was appointed proconsul in Spain and attempted to prevent Hasdrubal from joining Hannibal in Italy. He seizes Cartagena but fails to prevent Hasdrubal from crossing into Italy. Scipio brings war to Africa in 204 AC, forcing the Carthaginians to recall Hannibal. The Carthaginians were finally defeated at Zama in 202 AC and asked for peace the following year. That same year, Publius Cornelius Scipio received the nickname of Scipio "the African".
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