v21_3621 - ROMA Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 100.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 100.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 335
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique, (Cyzicus)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Magnifique patine vert olive foncé. Petite faiblesse de frappe au 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", (Ville de Rome).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// SMKE.
Reverse description : La Louve à gauche allaitant Rémus et Romulus ; au-dessus, deux étoiles.
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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