v19_0379 - ROMA Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 100.00 €
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Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 100.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 335
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Bien centré. Patine verte. Très beau revers.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VRBS - ROMA.
Obverse description : Buste de Rome casqué et cuirassé à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant (C*1)..
Obverse translation : "Urbs Roma" (La Ville Rome).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// SMK.
Reverse description : La Louve à gauche allaitant Rémus et Romulus ; au-dessus, deux étoiles.
Reverse legend : G
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
ROMA
(330-348)
Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC according to Varro (Ab Urbe Condita). The city, whose population fluctuated between 400,000 and one million during the High Empire, lost its importance from the second half of the 3rd century. The choice by Constantine of a new capital, from 326, dealt him a fatal blow from which the Urbs would not recover before the Renaissance. The city will still survive for nearly one hundred and fifty years, despite two sacks: those of 410 and 455. Rome is no longer in Rome.
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