v09_0007 - CALABRIA - TARAS Diobole
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
Realised price : 282.03 €
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
Realised price : 282.03 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 270-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Calabre, Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,08 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire, parfaitement centré. Joli style et jolie patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de MONNAIES V (12/12/1998), n° 5
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque attique à cimier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Héraklès debout à droite, étranglant le lion de Némée ; dans le champ à gauche, la massue, au-dessus, une corne d'abondance ; entre les jambes, monogramme XP.
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l'exemplaire de la collection Vlasto (1370) et de l'American Numismatic Society (1443).
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(272-235 BC)
Autonomous - First Treaty with the Romans
Taranto, founded around 706 BC by the Parthenopeans, was Sparta's only colony. According to mythology, Taras was the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyra. He was saved during a shipwreck by a dolphin who deposited him near the future city and the legend TAPAS designates the city. After the departure of Pyrrhus, Taranto submitted to Rome. Under the leadership of Consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus, Taranto became an allied city of Rome. After the defeat of 272 BC, it experienced a great period of prosperity which lasted until the Second Punic War (221-202 BC).
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