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brm_622945 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semis

ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semis VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Semis
Date: c. 211-210 AC.
Mint name / Town : Italie du Sud
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 15,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire avec la pointe de lance bien visible. Patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Saturne à droite ; derrière, S.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Proue de galère à droite ; au dessus, S ; devant, pointe de lance.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).

Commentary


Type rare que nous présentons pour la première fois.

Historical background


ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS

(211-210 BC)

The Roman monetary system was reorganized in the middle of the Second Punic War (221-201 BC) in 211 BC That year, Hannibal decided to march on Rome, then departed from it. and takes Capua, since famous for its Delights. In Sicily, Marcellus captures Syracuse. Archimedes is killed during the sack of the city, massacred by a rufian, while the Roman commander had expressly requested that he be spared, having suffered greatly from the defense machines of the city designed by the inventor. The two eponymous consuls of the year are Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus and Cnæus Fulvius Centumalus Maximus.

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