E-auction 54-23729 - bgr_325160 - BRUTTIUM - LOCRI Quart d’unité
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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 51 € |
| Maximum bid : | 53 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2014 15:04:00 |
| bidders : | 12 bidders |
Type : Quart d’unité
Date: c. 275-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Locres Bruttium
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,80 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Héraklès. Pégase bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Pégase volant à droite.
Reverse legend : LOKRWN
Reverse translation : (de Locres).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce monnayage semble commencer à l’époque du passage de Pyrrhus à Locres, mais perdure largement après le départ de l’Épirote. L’attribution à Locres en l’absence de l’ethnique est possible.
Historical background
BRUTTIUM - LOCRI
(4th - 3rd century BC)
Lokroi Epizephyrioi (Locres) was founded in 690 BC by Locrian and Opontian settlers. The city, an ally of Syracuse, fell under the domination of Dionysius I in 388 BC. The city only regained its autonomy in 346 BC, when its coinage began. Its territory was one of the largest in Magna Graecia, and therefore vulnerable. The Locrians appealed to Alexander the Molossian, king of Epirus, to intervene in southern Italy against the Lucanian tribes and the Brettians. Alexander, installed in Locres, led several offensives before finding death in 330 BC in Pandosia. During the intervention of Pyrrhus, from 280 BC, in southern Italy at the behest of Taranto, Locri found itself to be the headquarters of the Epirote king. But after the king's departure in 277 BC, the Locrians entered the Roman alliance by helping drive out the Greek garrison. During the Second Punic War, Locri opened its doors to Hannibal in 216 BC after the disaster at Cannae and was one of the main supply ports for the Carthaginians. The city was finally taken by Scipio in 205 BC.
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