brm_903234 - SCIPIO Denier
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Price : 550.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 550.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 47-46 AC.
Mint name / Town : Afrique
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très bel éléphant, bien venu à la frappe. Portrait agréable à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
B.47 (Caecilia) - BMC/RR.1 - CRR.1046 - RRC.459 /1 - RSC.1 - RCV.1379 (480$) - CRI.- - CMDRR.220 - MRR.1401
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).
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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