bgr_957458 - BRUTTIUM - CROTON Triobole
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Type : Triobole
Date: c. 300-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Crotone, Bruttium
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,99 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Beau portrait d’Athéna. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette, les cheveux tombant sur la nuque.
Obverse legend : KROTW
Obverse translation : (Crotone).
Reverse
Reverse description : Héraklès debout à droite, vêtu de la léonté, le pied gauche posé sur un rocher, s’appuyant sur sa massue de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : OIKISTAS/ D
Reverse translation : (Oikistas).
Historical background
BRUTTIUM - CROTON
(4th-3rd 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 BCE. It was conquered by the Romans during the Second Punic War after the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC.
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