| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 31 Price realized: 1,800 GBP (Approx. 2,280 USD / 2,099 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Samnium, Meles Cast Æ Sextans. Time of Hannibal, 216-210 BC. Bearded head of Hercules-Baal to right, club over shoulder; •• (mark of value) behind / African elephant with mahout advancing to left. ICC 325; Campana, PN 83, 1995, pp. 283-8, 2 A/a; Haeberlin p. 175, 9 pl. 69, 40; HN Italy 442; HGC 1, 343. 20.65g, 28mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare with elephant to left. Meles was a Samnite oppidum which Hannibal occupied as a base for his supply train; the precise location of which is unknown. The town was retaken by Rome in 210 BC. The coin types are derived from Barcid issues from Spain (cf. ACIP 553 and for discussion see: E.S.G Robinson, Essays Mattingly, p. 40). Estimate: 1500 GBP |  |
