v08_0004 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 152.45 €
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 152.45 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 275 AC
Mint name / Town : Calabre, Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Frappe faible avec métal légèrement pincé à 3 heures au droit. Très jolie patine à reflet bleuté / Frappe molle au revers, mais complet
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]
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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