v28_0002 - CALABRIA - TARAS Litra
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 220.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 220.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 500-473 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Weight : 0,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure régulière finement patinée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Pétoncle et grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Roue à quatre rayons entretoisée sur la jante avec moyeu central.
Commentary
Notre type est anépigraphe. Le pétoncle est composé de sept peignes (pecten) inclus dans un grènetis extérieur.
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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