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E-auction 595-558405 - brm_761401 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Sextans

ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Sextans VF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 23 €
Maximum bid : 35 €
End of the sale : 09 September 2024 14:16:00
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Sextans
Date: c. 217-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 22,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais exemplaire bien identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

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.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).

Commentary


Série frappée sur l’étalon semi-libral.

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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