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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Quartuncia
Date: c. 217-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de Rome. Magnifique proue de navire au revers. Magnifique patine noire lissée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente du Crédit de la Bourse, 19-21 avril 1995, n° 43
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste casqué de Rome à droite (casque attique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Proue de navire à droite (rostre) ; le château de la proue de galère est orné d’une massue couchée.
Reverse translation : "Roma", (Rome).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Le château de la proue de galère est orné d’une massue couchée comme sur les exemplaires de “A collection of Roman Republican struck bronze coinage”, Vecchi 3, 13 septembre 1996, n° 48.
Very light weight. The galley's prow castle is decorated with a couched club as on the examples in “A collection of Roman Republican struck bronze coinage”, Vecchi 3, September 13, 1996, no. 48
Very light weight. The galley's prow castle is decorated with a couched club as on the examples in “A collection of Roman Republican struck bronze coinage”, Vecchi 3, September 13, 1996, no. 48
Historical background
ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS
(3rd century BC)
The appearance of the denarius is fixed in 211 BC since the work of Michael Crawford. The denier is worth 10 bronze aces. Prior to 211, the bronze ace was semi-liberal and contained 12 ounces. Very quickly, because of the war against Carthage, the weight of the as will decrease to become uncial at the beginning of the 2nd century BC. A denier of four scruples (1 scruple = 1.1275 g) is then worth 10 bronze aces that weigh approximately 270 g, the weight of the old Oscan pound, with a silver/bronze ratio of 60.
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