brm_486584 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semuncia
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Semuncia
Date: c. 211-210 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,16 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête de Mercure. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Mercure à droite coiffé du pétase ailé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Proue de navire à droite (rostre) ; au-dessus, épi de blé couché à droite.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Poids lourd pour ce type.
Heavyweight for this type
Heavyweight for this type
Historical background
ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS
(211-210 BC)
The Roman monetary system was reorganized in the middle of the Second Punic War (221-201 BC) in 211 BC That year, Hannibal decided to march on Rome, then departed from it. and takes Capua, since famous for its Delights. In Sicily, Marcellus captures Syracuse. Archimedes is killed during the sack of the city, massacred by a rufian, while the Roman commander had expressly requested that he be spared, having suffered greatly from the defense machines of the city designed by the inventor. The two eponymous consuls of the year are Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus and Cnæus Fulvius Centumalus Maximus.
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