brm_272852 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Quadrans
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Type : Quadrans
Date: c. 215-211 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Hercule à droite, coiffée de la léonté ; derrière trois globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA AU-DESSOUS DE LA PROUE.
Reverse description : Proue de galère (rostre) à droite ; trois globules à l’exergue ; un ast0re à huit rais devant la proue, dans le champ à droite.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Un des premiers quadrans frappés.
One of the first quadrans struck
One of the first quadrans struck
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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