brm_543478 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS As coulé
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 700.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 700.00 €
Type : As coulé
Date: c. 225-200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 42 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 88,06 g.
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce type, avec un joli relief. Tête de Janus particulière, jolie. Patine vert clair
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection J-P T
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue de Janus.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Proue de galère à droite (rostre) ; au-dessus marque de contrôle I.
Commentary
C’est la première fois que nous présentons ce type à la vente.
Historical background
ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS
(225-211 BC)
This period is mainly marked by the start of the Second Punic War in 218 AC after the capture of Sagunto and Carthage's refusal to deliver Hannibal to the Romans. The latter crossed the Pyrenees and the Alps with nearly fifty thousand men. The Roman armies were crushed at Trebia in 218 AC, at Lake Trasimene in 217 AC and at Cannes in 216 AC In 212 AC, Hannibal took Taranto and rallied the towns of southern Italy. 211 AC marks a Roman victory at Capua..
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