Live auction - bgr_544371 - BRUTTIUM - KAULONIA Statère, nomos ou didrachme
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| Estimate : | 980 € |
| Price : | 740 € |
| Maximum bid : | 770 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 September 2019 14:01:44 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Statère, nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 475-425 AC.
Mint name / Town : Caulonia
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,71 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Frappe un peu molle au droit. Joli revers de style fin bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection P.-R. B
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
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 ; un petit personnage courant à droite, les jambes ailées, tournant la tête à gauche, tenant un rameau ; devant les jambes d’Apollon, un cerf à droite tournant la tête à gauche.
Obverse legend : KAUL.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Reverse description : Cerf debout à droite ; devant l’animal, un rameau ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : KAUL.
Commentary
Poids léger. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage d’E. Montenegro, MIAMG, p. 573, n° 3215.
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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