Live auction - bgr_750230 - CALABRIA - TARAS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 26 July 2022 14:02:30 |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 302-281 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré présentant un très joli revers. Portrait d’Athéna à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
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 ; dans le champ à droite, une massue posée verticalement.
Reverse legend : TAR/ IOR.
Reverse translation : (Tarente).
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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