brm_906443 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Sextans
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Price : 200.00 €
Type : Sextans
Date: c. 217-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 22,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Mercure coiffé du pétase ailé à droite, surmonté de deux globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Proue de navire à droite (rostre) ; au-dessous, deux globules.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Série frappée sur l’étalon semi-libral.
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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