v11_0009 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 129.58 €
Estimate : 259.16 €
Realised price : 129.58 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 250.02 €
Starting price : 129.58 €
Estimate : 259.16 €
Realised price : 129.58 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 250.02 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 235 AC.
Mint name / Town : Calabre, Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 6,42 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan complet avec une faiblesse de frappe au droit. Jolie patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SOUS LE CHEVAL, LÉGENDE GRECQUE.
Obverse description : Cavalier nu galopant à droite, brandissant une javeline courte de la main droite et tenant les rênes de la main gauche.
Obverse legend : tIPPODA
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un canthare de la main droite et une quenouille de la main gauche ; derrière Taras, une amphore.
Reverse legend : TARAS // DI
Commentary
Trace de cassure de coin au droit devant la bouche du cheval.
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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