brm_342369 - ROMA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 336
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,85 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais mais parfaitement centré, court sur l’exergue. Très beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine marron
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/ (CHRISME)/ -|-// [SCONST].
Reverse description : La Louve à gauche allaitant Rémus et Romulus ; au-dessus, deux étoiles.
Commentary
Casque et visière lisses. Cuirasse décorée. Rare émission avec le chrisme. Ce type est en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Sur cet exemplaire, on remarque quatre mamelles sur la louve allaitant les Jumeaux.
Smooth helmet and visor. Decorated breastplate. Rare issue with the chrism. This type is actually much rarer than general works suggest. On this example, we notice four breasts on the she-wolf suckling the Twins
Smooth helmet and visor. Decorated breastplate. Rare issue with the chrism. This type is actually much rarer than general works suggest. On this example, we notice four breasts on the she-wolf suckling the Twins
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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