v36_0881 - ROMA Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 172.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 172.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 172.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 172.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 331
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,53 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type. Portrait fantastique. Revers de toute beauté. Magnifique patine marron foncé lissée. Conserve son brillant de frappe et son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VRBS - ROMA.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Rome à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*1).
Obverse translation : “Urbs Roma”, (La ville de Rome).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE/ -|-// TRP..
Reverse description : La louve à gauche, allaitant Romulus et Rémus ; au-dessus, les deux étoiles des Dioscures (les Gémeaux, Castor et Pollux).
Commentary
Casque et visière lisses. Cuirasse cloutée. Épaulière décorée. Au revers, motif sur l’épaule de la louve composé de cinq globules posés en rond et centré.
Smooth helmet and visor. Studded breastplate. Decorated shoulder guard. On the reverse, a motif on the she-wolf's shoulder consisting of five globules placed in a circle and centered
Smooth helmet and visor. Studded breastplate. Decorated shoulder guard. On the reverse, a motif on the she-wolf's shoulder consisting of five globules placed in a circle and centered
Historical background
ROMA
(330-348)
Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC according to Varro (Ab Urbe Condita). The city, whose population fluctuated between 400,000 and one million during the High Empire, lost its importance from the second half of the 3rd century. The choice by Constantine of a new capital, from 326, dealt him a fatal blow from which the Urbs would not recover before the Renaissance. The city will still survive for nearly one hundred and fifty years, despite two sacks: those of 410 and 455. Rome is no longer in Rome.
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