v11_0213 - SCIPIO Denier
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 304.90 €
Realised price : 259.16 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 320.30 €
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 304.90 €
Realised price : 259.16 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 320.30 €
Type : Denier
Date: 47-46 AC.
Mint name / Town : Afrique
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Bien centré des deux côtés. Petites faiblesses de frappe au revers. Jolie patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : Q. METEL/ PIVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jupiter à droite.
Obverse translation : “Quintus Metellus Pius”, (Quintus Metellus pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SCIPIO// IMP À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Élephant passant à droite.
Reverse translation : “Scipio Imperator”, (Scipion imperator).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
SCIPIO
(47-46 BC)
Caesar arrives in Africa. The final fight is fought at Thapsus on February 6, 46 BC. Juba I, king of Mauretania, and his ally Scipion, are defeated. Unable to escape, Scipio commits suicide in despair, just like Cato at Utica. Caesar creates the province of Africa Nova and gives a new status to the territory of Carthage. He then returned to Rome where he celebrated a quadruple triumph.
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