Live auction - bgr_780429 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 1 350 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 388 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 December 2022 14:02:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 235 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,48 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan court, centré. Cavalier de toute beauté, finement détaillé. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SOUS LE CHEVAL, LÉGENDE GRECQUE.
Obverse description : Cavalier barbu, vêtu militairement galopant à droite, vu de face, tenant une petite Niké qui le couronne.
Obverse legend : ERKT// KALLIKRA/THS
Obverse translation : (Kallicratès).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un trident de la main droite et une petite Niké de la main gauche, le couronnant.
Reverse legend : TARAS// NE
Reverse translation : (Tarente).
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(235-228 BC)
Autonomous - Second Treaty with the Romans
In 272 BC, Taranto surrendered, after a long siege, to the consul Lucius Papirius Cursor. After the departure of Pyrrhus, Taranto submitted to Rome. Under the impetus of Consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus, Taranto, an ally of Rome at first, finally rallied to Hannibal in 213 BC. The Roman garrison, taking refuge on the acropolis of Taranto, resisted for five years. The city was finally submitted by Fabius Maximus in 209 BC who reduced most of the population to slavery, thirty thousand people according to Livy (XXVI, 39).
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