bgr_640352 - CALABRIA - TARAS Litra
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Type : Litra
Date: c. 470-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré à l’usure importante, identifiable. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Pétoncle et grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête féminine de nymphe à droite dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Commentary
Notre type est anépigraphe. Le pétoncle est composé de huit peignes (pecten) inclus dans un grènetis extérieur. Au revers, la nymphe est parfois assimilée à la cité de Tarente elle-même, voir à une tête de satyre.
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(5th century BC)
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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