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Live auction - brm_373103 - ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semuncia

ROMAN REPUBLIC - ANONYMOUS Semuncia MS
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Estimate : 750 €
Price : 660 €
Maximum bid : 776 €
End of the sale : 15 December 2015 14:30:12
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Semuncia
Date: c. 217-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire d’une qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type. Buste de Mercure d’une rare beauté et d’une grande finesse dans la gravure. Magnifique revers avec tous les détails de la proue visibles. Patine noire lissée

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Mercure à droite coiffé du pétase ailé et vêtu de la chlamyde ; un globule sous le buste.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ROMA.
Reverse description : Proue de navire à droite (rostre).
Reverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).

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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