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brm_766675 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Didrachme

ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Didrachme AU/XF
600.00 €(Approx. 648.00$ | 516.00£)
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Type : Didrachme
Date: c. 225-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait de Janus. Revers agréable à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe de Janus.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ROMA EN CREUX À L'EXERGUE DANS UN CARTOUCHE EN RELIEF.
Reverse description : Jupiter dans un quadrige galopant à droite, conduit par la Victoire tenant les rênes, brandissant un foudre de la main droite et tenant un sceptre long de la gauche.

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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