bgr_759176 - BRUTTIUM - KAULONIA Statère, nomos ou didrachme
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Type : Statère, nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 400 - 389/388 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bruttium, Caulonia
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 7,64 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée avec des faiblesses. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Apollon nu, les cheveux longs tombant en longues tresses sur l’épaule, marchant à droite, tenant de la main droite relevée un rameau ; derrière, un monogramme ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : KAUL
Obverse translation : (Caulonia).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Reverse description : Cerf debout à droite.
Reverse legend : KAU-L-WNIATAS
Reverse translation : (de Caulonia).
Historical background
BRUTTIUM - KAULONIA
(5th century BC)
Caulonia is an Achaean colony founded at the end of the 7th century BC. Another tradition makes Caulonia a Crotonian colony. Caulon, son of the Amazon Clete would be the eponymous hero of the city. The city was finally destroyed by Dionysius of Syracuse in 388 BC. Its inhabitants were deported to Syracuse while its territory was annexed by the Locrians. The city of Caulonia was later rebuilt, but never regained its former fame.
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