Live auction - brm_496891 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Didrachme ou quadrigatus
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 260 € |
| Maximum bid : | 266 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 July 2018 14:17:41 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Didrachme ou quadrigatus
Date: c. 225-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Troué à 12 heures au droit. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe janiforme des Dioscures (Castor et Pollux) ; grènetis perlé circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA EN CREUX À L'EXERGUE SUR UNE TABLETTE 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 ; grènetis linéaire circulaire.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire présente la particularité d’avoir la légende de l’exergue en creux, placée sur une tablette en relief avec le A ouvert. Troué à 12 heures.
This example has the particularity of having the legend of the exergue in hollow, placed on a tablet in relief with the open A. Perforated at 12 o'clock
This example has the particularity of having the legend of the exergue in hollow, placed on a tablet in relief with the open A. Perforated at 12 o'clock
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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