bgr_610350 - SICILY - PANORMOS As
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Type : As
Date: c. 100-30 AC.
Mint name / Town : Panorme, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier à l’usure importante, identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONOGRAMME.
Reverse description : Guerrier casqué, vêtu militairement debout à gauche, tenant une phiale (patère) de la main droite tendue et une lance de la main gauche ; derrière lui, un bouclier ; dans le champ derrière, un gouvernail.
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
SICILY - PANORMOS
(3rd - 1st century BC)
The city of Panorme was conquered by the Romans in 254 BC Besieged by Hadrusbal in 251 BC, Lucius Caecilius Metellus defeated the Carthaginians and seized their elephants. Hamilcar Barca did try to seize the city, but without success. At the end of the Second Punic War, Panorme became an important free city, an administrative and commercial capital. The city still played an important role under Sextus Pompey. In 20 BC, Augustus settled a Roman colony on his territory.
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