Live auction - brm_348479 - SCIPIO Denier
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 570 € |
| Maximum bid : | 570 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 March 2015 14:39:24 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 47-46 AC.
Mint name / Town : Afrique
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête de Jupiter archaïque. Revers légèrement stylisé. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de M. Robert Couet
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 : Éléphant passant à droite.
Reverse translation : “Scipio Imperator”, (Scipion imperator).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 93 coins de droit et de 103 coins de revers.
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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