brm_442199 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Sextans

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Price : 250.00 €

Type : Sextans

Date: c. 217-215 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 25,44 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire à l’usure importante mais tout de même de bel aspect. Joli droit. Patine verte

Catalogue references :

B.- - BMC/RR.59 - CRR.85 - RRC.38 /5 - RCV.610 - MRR.107 (200€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête de Mercure coiffé du pétase ailé à droite, surmonté de deux globules.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ROMA.

Reverse description : Proue de navire à droite (rostre) ; au-dessous, deux globules ; une massue couchée à droite dans le gaillard d’avant.

Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).

Commentary

Série frappée sur l’étalon semi-libral. État de conservation exceptionnel pour ce type.

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..

ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS As VF

150.00 €

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ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Didrachme AU/AU

750.00 €

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ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semuncia XF

150.00 €

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ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semuncia VF/VF

75.00 €

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ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS As VF

150.00 €

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ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Sextans XF

100.00 €

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brm_442199 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Sextans

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS

(225-211 BC)

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