brm_575075 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semuncia
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Price : 225.00 €
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Price : 225.00 €
Type : Semuncia
Date: c. 217-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 6,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Représentation inhabituelle du droit. Joli revers de frappe un peu molle. Patine marron fonc
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste tourelé et drapé de Cybèle à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite, tenant un fouet de la main droite et les rênes de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
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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