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v09_0163 - SCIPIO Denier

SCIPIO Denier AU
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Type : Denier
Date: 47-46 AC.
Mint name / Town : Afrique
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 950 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court. Beau portrait de l'Afrique

Obverse


Obverse legend : Q METELL/ SCIPIO IMP.
Obverse description : Tête l'Afrique à droite, coiffée de la dépouille d'éléphant avec un épi de blé placé devant le visage et un araire sous le buste.
Obverse translation : "Quintus Metellus Scipio Imperator".

Reverse


Reverse legend : EPPIVS LEG F C.
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout de face, la léonté sur le bras, appuyé sur sa massue reposant sur un rocher.
Reverse translation : "Eppius legatus fisci castrensis", (Eppius légat du trésor du camp).

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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