bgr_960196 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou Didrachme
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Type : Nomos ou Didrachme
Date: c. 250-240 AC
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très beau cavalier, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu passant à droite, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : EU/ XENE-AE.
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant de la main droite un rhyton terminé par la patte d'un cheval et de la gauche, un trident ; dans le champ à droite, un épi de blé.
Reverse legend : TARAS.
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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