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Live auction - brm_533385 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Didrachme ou quadrigatus

ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Didrachme ou quadrigatus AU
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Estimate : 750 €
Price : 450 €
Maximum bid : 450 €
End of the sale : 04 June 2019 14:43:35
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Didrachme ou quadrigatus
Date: c. 225-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur petit flan irrégulier et éclaté à 4 heures. Belle tête janiforme. Joli revers. Patine sombre avec des reflets dorés

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe janiforme des Dioscures (Castor et Pollux) ; grènetis perlé circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ROMA EN RELIEF À L'EXERGUE DANS UN CARTOUCHE LINÉAIRE.
Reverse description : Jupiter dans un quadrige galopant à droite, conduit par la Victoire tenant les rênes, brandissant un foudre de la main droite et tenant un sceptre long de la gauche ; grènetis linéaire circulaire.
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).

Commentary


Cet exemplaire présente la particularité d’être frappé sur un petit flan épais et d’avoir la légende de l’exergue en relief, placée dans un cadre linéaire, variété beaucoup plus rare avec le A ouvert.

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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