v45_0008 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
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Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Calabre, Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 6,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure régulière, exemplaire parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Belle patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection A. S.
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu au pas à gauche, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : DI/ FILO/TAS
Obverse translation : (Pholotas).
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, un coq tourné à gauche.
Reverse legend : [TA]RAS
Reverse translation : (de Tarente).
Commentary
Même coin de droit que les exemplaires de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1175-1176, pl. 32) et que l’exemplaire de la collection M. P. Vlasto (V. 846, pl. XXVII).
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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