brm_930874 - SICILY - PANORMOS As
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Type : As
Date: c. 100-30 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Lilybaion ou Panorme ?
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Revers agréable. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Janus ; marque de valeur I.
Reverse
Reverse legend : P (TE).
Reverse description : Louve allaitant Rémus et Romulus.
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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