v25_0138 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semuncia frappé, (MB, Æ 21)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 231.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 231.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 231.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 231.00 €
Type : Semuncia frappé, (MB, Æ 21)
Date: c. 217-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Joli revers de style fin
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Mercure à droite coiffé du pétase ailé et vêtu de la chlamyde.
Reverse
Reverse legend : RO[MA].
Reverse description : Proue de navire à droite (rostre).
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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