E-auction 145-84002 - brm_283605 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Sextans
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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 49 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 January 2016 14:36:00 |
| bidders : | 12 bidders |
Type : Sextans
Date: c. 211-206 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés avec le grènetis visible au revers. Beau portrait de Mercure. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Mercure coiffé du pétase ailé à droite, surmonté de deux globules ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : -|KA //ROMA.
Reverse description : Proue de navire à droite (rostre) ; au-dessous, deux globules ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Au revers, sur cet exemplaire, les détails de la proue (rostre) ne sont pas bien visibles. M. Crawford (RRC. pl. 12, n° 3) n’a répertorié que trente-neuf exemplaires de ce type à Paris pour trois variétés. Nous sommes certainement en présence d’un étalon intermédiaire pour ce sextans.
Very light weight. On the reverse of this specimen, the details of the prow (rostrum) are not clearly visible. Mr. Crawford (RRC. pl. 12, no. 3) has only recorded thirty-nine specimens of this type in Paris for three varieties. We are certainly in the presence of an intermediate standard for this sextans
Very light weight. On the reverse of this specimen, the details of the prow (rostrum) are not clearly visible. Mr. Crawford (RRC. pl. 12, no. 3) has only recorded thirty-nine specimens of this type in Paris for three varieties. We are certainly in the presence of an intermediate standard for this sextans
Historical background
ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS
(211-202 BC)
In 211 AC, the young Publius Cornelius Scipio was appointed proconsul in Spain and attempted to prevent Hasdrubal from joining Hannibal in Italy. He seizes Cartagena but fails to prevent Hasdrubal from crossing into Italy. Scipio brings war to Africa in 204 AC, forcing the Carthaginians to recall Hannibal. The Carthaginians were finally defeated at Zama in 202 AC and asked for peace the following year. That same year, Publius Cornelius Scipio received the nickname of Scipio "the African".
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