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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 370 € |
| Maximum bid : | 370 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2024 14:36:41 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : As
Date: après 211 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 38,39 g.
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait de Janus, bien venu à la frappe. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron-vert
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
Série frappée. Poids léger. En fait, 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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