brm_182226 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semuncia
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 55.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Semuncia
Date: c. 217-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure très importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste tourelé et drapé de Cybèle à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite, tenant un fouet.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
Very light weight
Very light weight
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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