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brm_306799 - ROMA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 55.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 332-333
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Grènetis complet. Agréable patine vert olive
Obverse
Obverse legend : VRBS - ROMA.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Rome à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*1).
Obverse translation : “Urbs Roma”, (La ville de Rome).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// .SMK.
Reverse description : La Louve à gauche allaitant Rémus et Romulus ; au-dessus, les deux étoiles des Dioscures (les Gémeaux, Castor et Pollux).
Reverse legend : D.
Commentary
Casque lisse avec plume. Vêtement richement décoré.
Historical background
ROMA
(330-348)
Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC according to Varro (Ab Urbe Condita). The city, whose population fluctuated between 400,000 and one million during the High Empire, lost its importance from the second half of the 3rd century. The choice by Constantine of a new capital, from 326, dealt him a fatal blow from which the Urbs would not recover before the Renaissance. The city will still survive for nearly one hundred and fifty years, despite two sacks: those of 410 and 455. Rome is no longer in Rome.
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