bgr_759182 - BRUTTIUM - CROTON Nomos ou statère
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Type : Nomos ou statère
Date: c. 480-430 AC.
Mint name / Town : Crotone, Bruttium
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 7,75 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : QPO, LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Obverse description : Trépied delphien ; une cigogne dans le champ à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse translation : (Crotone).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Trépied delphien en relief.
Historical background
BRUTTIUM - CROTON
(5th century BC)
Crotone is an Achaean colony founded in 710 BC Under the leadership of Milon, the Crotoniates captured Sybaris and destroyed it. In the following century, following internal struggles, the city declined before falling into the hands of Dionysius of Syracuse in 378 BC, then Agathokles in 296 BC and finally between those of Pyrrhus in 277 BC. It was conquered by the Romans during the Second Punic War after the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC..
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