brm_643493 - CLAUDIA Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 70.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 111-110 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,26 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite ; derrière un objet triangulaire avec un cercle à l'intérieur.
Reverse
Reverse legend : T. (MANL). AP. CL. Q. (VR).
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) dans un trige au pas à droite tenant les rênes dans les deux mains.
Reverse translation : "Appius Claudius Pulcher, Titus Manlius Mancinus et Quintus Urbinius" (Appius Claudius Pulcher, Titus Manlius Mancinus et Quintus Urbinius).
Historical background
CLAUDIA
(111-110 BC)
The Numidian War broke out in 112 BC after Jugurtha had many Roman citizens murdered in Cirta, capital of the Kingdom of Numidia the previous year, in response to Rome's attempt to place his kingdom under trusteeship. . The war will last until 105 BC. In 111 BC, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica and Lucius Calpurnius Bestia were consuls and the following year, Marcus Minucius Rufus and Postumius Albinus succeeded them.
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