brm_303909 - SCIPIO Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 300.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 300.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 47-46 AC.
Mint name / Town : Utique
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan. Beau portrait à l’usure régulière. Joli revers, mais de frappe faible. Patine de collection ancienne
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).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 93 coins de droit et de 103 coins de revers.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 93 obverse dies and 103 reverse dies.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of 93 obverse dies and 103 reverse dies.
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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