Live auction - bgr_495347 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme
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| Estimate : | 650 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 31 July 2018 14:01:30 |
Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 250-235 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu, coiffé d’un casque attique à triple aigrette, galopant à droite, tenant une javeline transversale de la main droite, un bouclier de la main gauche.
Obverse legend : DI/ APOL/LWNIOS.
Obverse translation : (Apollonios).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, vu de face, la chlamyde flottant sur les épaules, tenant un trident de la main droite surmonté d’une petite Niké volant à droite et le couronnant ; les flots sous le dauphin.
Reverse legend : TARAS.
Reverse translation : (Tarente).
Commentary
Comme sur les exemplaires de la collection Vlasto ou ceux de l’American Numismatic Society, les visages ne semblent pas gravés sur ce type, mais seulement suggérés.
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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