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E-auction 52-22552 - bgr_325101 - CALABRIA - TARAS Drachme

CALABRIA - TARAS Drachme XF/VF
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Estimate : 350 €
Price : 126 €
Maximum bid : 180 €
End of the sale : 14 April 2014 15:04:00
bidders : 16 bidders
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 272-240 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan régulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Athéna. Frappe molle au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite coiffée du casque attique à triple aigrette orné du skylla.

Reverse


Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite sur une colonne ionique.
Reverse legend : TAR/ NIKOKRATHS .
Reverse translation : (Tarente, Nicocratès).

Commentary


Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1324, pl. 35).

Historical background


CALABRIA - TARAS

(302-281 BC)

Between the departure of Kleonymos from Sparta in 302 BC and the arrival of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus twenty years later, the history of Taranto and its territory remains poorly known with many areas historical and monetary shadows. The intervention of the Epirote monarch was to mark the beginning of the decline of the Tarentine city..

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