E-auction 105-55201 - bgr_343361 - CALABRIA - BRUNDISIUM Semis
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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 45 € |
| Maximum bid : | 51 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 April 2015 15:17:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Semis
Date: c. 200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Brundisium, Calabre
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Tête de Neptune, légèrement stylisée. Joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Poséidon (Neptune) à droite ; derrière, un petit trident posé verticalement surmonté d’une petite Niké (Victoria) le couronnant ; à l’exergue, un petit dauphin nageant à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : S/ BR-VN.
Reverse description : Personnage nu (Taras ?), chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant une Niké de la main droite et une cithare de la main gauche.
Commentary
Poids léger. Petite tête au droit. Plusieurs monogrammes se rencontrent sur ce type d’étalon semi-oncial (M. BIT, (AVT) et M. PV). Le petit personnage est parfois décrit dans les ouvrages les plus anciens comme étant Taras, le héros éponyme de Tarente. Il faut plutôt y voir un jeune homme citharède (qui tient une cithare) et que couronne une petite Niké (Victoire).
Historical background
CALABRIA - BRUNDISIUM
(2nd century BC)
The name Brundisium (Brindisi) would come from the shape of its port with two basins having the shape of deer antlers in the local idiom. Phalantos, the hero perched on a dolphin, would be dead and buried there, according to the account of Strabo in his Geography (VI. 3,6), would be an explanation for the representation of the reverse of many coins. Having become a Roman colony in 244 BC, Brundisium became the main port on the eastern coast of Calabria on the Adriatic bound for the Orient and played an important role in the various wars waged against Antiochos III, the Macedonian kings, Philip V and Perseus, finally Mithridates VI of Pontus. The Via Appia (Appian Way) ended at Brundisium where an arch was raised by decree of the Senate in 31 BC at the instigation of Octavian.
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