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brm_881403 - SCIPIO Denier

SCIPIO Denier AU
1 200.00 €(Approx. 1296.00$ | 1032.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: 47-46 AC.
Mint name / Town : Afrique
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré. Très beau portrait de Jupiter, finement détaillé et bien venu à la frappe. Très bel éléphant. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : Q. METEL/ PIVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jupiter à droite.
Obverse translation : “Quintus Metellus Pius”, (Quintus Metellus pieux).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SCIPIO// IMP À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Éléphant passant à droite.
Reverse translation : “Scipio Imperator”, (Scipion imperator).

Historical background


SCIPIO

(47-46 BC)

Caesar arrives in Africa. The final fight is fought at Thapsus on February 6, 46 BC. Juba I, king of Mauretania, and his ally Scipion, are defeated. Unable to escape, Scipio commits suicide in despair, just like Cato at Utica. Caesar creates the province of Africa Nova and gives a new status to the territory of Carthage. He then returned to Rome where he celebrated a quadruple triumph.

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