Roman Republic – Second Punic War (217-215 BC) Bronze Semiuncia, NGC Ch VF 5/5 – 3/5
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Description Roman Republic. Time of the Second Punic War. Anonymous AE (Bronze) semiuncia. Struck ca. 217-215 BC. Graded Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5 by NGC; struck at the moment of Rome's greatest peril in the Punic Wars, after Hannibal's legendary victory at Cannae (2 August 216 BC), in which the Roman army of ~85,000 men suffered ~75,000 casualties at the hands of Hannibal's much smaller (50,000 men) force. Design: Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing petasus / Prow of galley; ROMA above Reference: Crawford 38/7. Sydenham 87. Dimensions: 19 mm / 6.15 gm Condition: NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5.
