v28_0011 - BRUTTIUM - RHEGIUM Pentonkion, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 303.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 303.00 €
Type : Pentonkion, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: c. 215-150
Mint name / Town : Rhégium
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 11,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Portraits magnifiques au droit. Représentation inhabituelle au revers avec le dieu de la Médecine. Très jolie patine vert d’eau
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête janiforme, les cheveux longs.
Reverse
Reverse description : Asklépios (Esculape) nu jusqu’à la ceinture assis à gauche, tenant un sceptre long de la main droite ; dans le champ à gauche, un trépied delphien.
Reverse legend : RHGINWN/ [P].
Reverse translation : (de Rhegium).
Commentary
Portrait fortement romanisé. Bien qu’appartenant au système monétaire grec.
Historical background
BRUTTIUM - RHEGIUM
(203-89 BC)
Rhegium (Rhegion), the last city of the Italian boot on the continent, located on the Strait of Messina opposite Sicily, was founded around 720 BC by Chalcidian settlers. The city was destroyed in 387 BC by Dionysius of Syracuse. It was nevertheless rebuilt by Dionysius the Younger around 356-350 BC. The Romans captured the city in 271 BC, but were quickly expelled. After 203 BC and the end of the Second Punic War, Rhegium fell definitively under Roman domination..
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