brm_283609 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Sextans
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Sextans
Date: c. 215-211 AC
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets avec un manque de métal à 9 heures au revers. Belle tête de Mercure. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron superficielle
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
Poids léger. Semble surfrappé avec un manque de métal au revers.
Lightweight. Appears overstruck with some missing metal on the reverse.
Lightweight. Appears overstruck with some missing metal on the reverse.
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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