bgr_431422 - CAMPANIA - SUESSA AURUNCA unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 145.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : unité
Date: 268 AC.
Mint name / Town : Suessa Aurunca, Campanie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 6,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Athéna. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna (Minerve) à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien à cimier avec triple aigrette.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SVESANO.
Reverse description : Coq debout à droite ; une étoile derrière le coq.
Commentary
Notre exemplaire pourrait avoir été surfrappé sur un autre bronze comme cela arrive parfois sur des pièces de Naples.
Historical background
CAMPANIA - SUESSA AURUNCA
(3rd century BC)
Suessa Aurunca, located not far from Naples on the slopes of Vesuvius corresponds to the modern city of Sessa Aurunca. It was in antiquity the main city of Aurunces. First opposed to Rome, it was entrusted to Titus Manlius in 340 BC. A lukewarm ally of the Urbs, it revolted in 315 BC and its territory was ransacked. A Roman colony under Latin law was founded in 313 BC. A flourishing city at the end of the Republic, it sided with Sylla during the first civil war. Augustus founded a new colony on his territory: Colonia Iulia Felix Classica Aurunca.
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