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CHOICE CAPUA BRONZE. Campania. Capua. - c. 216-211 BC. As, 40.82g (4h). Obv: Jugate busts right of Juno, diademed, scepter over shoulder, ... Read more
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CHOICE CAPUA BRONZE.
Campania. Capua. - c. 216-211 BC. As, 40.82g (4h). Obv: Jugate busts right of Juno, diademed, scepter over shoulder, and Jupiter, laureate. Rx: Quadriga charging right driven by Jupiter hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; in exergue, Oscan kapu. HN Italy 481. Sambon 1022. Giard 4.1-3. SNG Morcom 84. SNG Paris 477. Weakly struck, but beautifully patinated. EF
Campania. Capua. - c. 216-211 BC. As, 40.82g (4h). Obv: Jugate busts right of Juno, diademed, scepter over shoulder, and Jupiter, laureate. Rx: Quadriga charging right driven by Jupiter hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter; in exergue, Oscan kapu. HN Italy 481. Sambon 1022. Giard 4.1-3. SNG Morcom 84. SNG Paris 477. Weakly struck, but beautifully patinated. EF
Ex NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 614. Ex Artemide 18, 2007, lot 6. Ex Giancarlo Silingardi Collection
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In winter 216/5 BC, having eliminated the Roman army in the battle of Cannae, Hannibal put his troops into winter quarters at Capua in Campania. As the ancient historians put it, the Carthaginian army lost its strength in their luxuriant quarters, and so the Romans had the time to recover and to reorganize their forces. Hannibal's string of successes ended, especially when the Romans began evading his forces and refusing to engage with him. In 212 the Romans laid siege to Capua, and eventually captured it a year later. This As was issued during the years of Capua's desertion of Rome, when the city was hosting the troops of Hannibal
In winter 216/5 BC, having eliminated the Roman army in the battle of Cannae, Hannibal put his troops into winter quarters at Capua in Campania. As the ancient historians put it, the Carthaginian army lost its strength in their luxuriant quarters, and so the Romans had the time to recover and to reorganize their forces. Hannibal's string of successes ended, especially when the Romans began evading his forces and refusing to engage with him. In 212 the Romans laid siege to Capua, and eventually captured it a year later. This As was issued during the years of Capua's desertion of Rome, when the city was hosting the troops of Hannibal
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