Live auction - bgr_532895 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou statère
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| Estimate : | 720 € |
| Price : | 828 € |
| Maximum bid : | 878 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 14:01:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Nomos ou statère
Date: c. 281-272 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,51 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré. Très joli droit, bien venu à la frappe. Revers de très beau style. Belle patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés et irisés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu passant à droite, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : IW/ NEU/MH
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un casque de la main droite, accosté de deux astres symbolisant les Dioscures.
Reverse legend : TARAS/ POLU
Commentary
Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1111).
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(281-272 BC)
Pyrrhus Strategos, King of Epirus
Following the arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy, in 281 BC, the consul L. Aemilius Barbula devastated the territory of the Tarentines after the destruction of a Roman squadron in the Gulf of Taranto. Pyrrhus, thanks to his elephants and to everyone's surprise, won the indecisive battle of Heraclea in 279 BC, hence the expression "Pyrrhic victory" which is equivalent to a victory which leaves the winner so exhausted that a defeat would not have weakened him more.
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