v38_1227 - ROMA Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 131.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 255.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 131.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 255.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 332
Mint name / Town : Viennoise, Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,13 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Emission: 45e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type monétaire sur un grand flan mince et irrégulier, légèrement échancré à 5 heures au droit. Très beau portrait large de Rome. Joli revers inhabituel. Patine marron foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VRBS - ROMA.
Obverse description : Buste de Rome casqué et cuirassé à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant (C*1).
Obverse translation : “Urbs Roma”, (Ville de Rome).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE/ (DEUX PALMES ENTRECROISÉES)// PCONST.
Reverse description : La Louve à gauche allaitant Rémus et Romulus ; au-dessus, deux étoiles.
Commentary
Poids léger. Casque lisse. Visière cloutée. Cuirasse décorée. Ce type est en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux, en particulier avec les deux palmes entrecroisées.
Lightweight. Smooth helmet. Studded visor. Decorated breastplate. This type is actually much rarer than general works suggest, especially with the two crossed palms
Lightweight. Smooth helmet. Studded visor. Decorated breastplate. This type is actually much rarer than general works suggest, especially with the two crossed palms
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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