E-auction 80-39649 - bgr_334019 - BRUTTIUM - RHEGIUM Tetras
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| Estimate : | 55 € |
| Price : | 49 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 October 2014 15:04:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Tetras
Date: c. 203-89 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhégium, Bruttium
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un grand flan épais ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beaux portraits de Castor et de Pollux. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bustes accolés des Dioscures drapés à droite, coiffés, chacun d’un bonnet, surmonté d’une étoile ; derrière, un fer de lance ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Asklepios (Esculape), nu debout à gauche, tenant une branche de la main droite tendue, un oiseau debout à droite posé sur le bras et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : [R]HGINWN/ IIII
Reverse translation : (de Rhégium/ tetras).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Pour le modèle avec Asklepios, nous avons deux variantes dont une avec le trépied dans le champ. Dans la mythologie, Asklepios est le fils d’Apollon et est le dieu de la Médecine et de la guérison.
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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BRUTTIUM - RHEGIUM Tetras VF
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