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Price : 950.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 950.00 €
Type : As
Date: c. 211 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 34,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 33,67 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Très joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. 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
Poids très lourd mais qui semble être oncial. Série frappée. 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.
Very heavy weight but appears to be uncial. Minted series. In fact, weights are very variable and we can have large variations from one coin to another, the average weight being around 40 grams
Very heavy weight but appears to be uncial. Minted series. In fact, weights are very variable and we can have large variations from one coin to another, the average weight being around 40 grams
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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