brm_343353 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Sextans
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Sextans
Date: c. 211-206 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles à l’usure importante. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Mercure coiffé du pétase ailé à droite, surmonté de deux globules ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Proue de navire à droite (rostre) ; au-dessus, un épi de blé couché à droite ; au-dessous, deux globules ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Au revers, sur cet exemplaire, les détails de la proue (rostre) sont bien visibles. M. Crawford (RRC. pl. 12, n° 3) n’a répertorié que dix-sept exemplaires de ce type à Paris. Nous sommes certainement en présence d’un étalon intermédiaire pour ce sextans.
On the reverse of this specimen, the details of the prow (rostrum) are clearly visible. Mr. Crawford (RRC. pl. 12, no. 3) has only recorded seventeen examples of this type in Paris. We are certainly in the presence of an intermediate standard for this sextans
On the reverse of this specimen, the details of the prow (rostrum) are clearly visible. Mr. Crawford (RRC. pl. 12, no. 3) has only recorded seventeen examples of this type in Paris. We are certainly in the presence of an intermediate standard for this sextans
Historical background
ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS
(211-202 BC)
In 211 AC, the young Publius Cornelius Scipio was appointed proconsul in Spain and attempted to prevent Hasdrubal from joining Hannibal in Italy. He seizes Cartagena but fails to prevent Hasdrubal from crossing into Italy. Scipio brings war to Africa in 204 AC, forcing the Carthaginians to recall Hannibal. The Carthaginians were finally defeated at Zama in 202 AC and asked for peace the following year. That same year, Publius Cornelius Scipio received the nickname of Scipio "the African".
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