Live auction - brm_693955 - NUMITORIA Semis
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 165 € |
| Maximum bid : | 166 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 October 2021 14:54:25 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Semis
Date: 133 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 10,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Fine usure régulière. Très jolie proue, détaillée. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jupiter à droite ; derrière, S.
Reverse
Reverse legend : C. NVMITORI// ROMA AU-DESSOUS DE LA PROUE.
Reverse description : Proue de galère à droite (rostre) ; devant la proue, S.
Reverse translation : “C. Numitoria, Roma”, (C. Numitoria, Rome).
Commentary
M. Crawford signale onze exemplaires.
Historical background
NUMITORIA
(133 BC)
The year 631 (AUC) of Rome corresponding to 133 BC is significant. Attalus III, king of Pergamon, on dying made the Romans his universal legatees. It is also the end of the servile insurrection in Sicily while Scipio Emilian takes Numance ending the Spanish war. Tiberius Gracchus, tribune of the plebs tries to have the "lex agraria" passed by opposing part of the Senate and the patricians. He is eventually murdered. The two consuls are Publius Mucius Scaevola and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi.
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