v57_0005 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 6,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, mais pratiquement complet des deux côtés. Joli droit de frappe molle. Joli revers de style fin. Patine légèrement granuleuse au droit. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu au pas à gauche, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : SU/ LUKI/NOS
Obverse translation : (Likinos).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, brandissant un trident de la main droite, le bras gauche tendu ; dans le champ à droite, une petite chouette debout à gauche.
Reverse legend : TA-RAS
Reverse translation : (Tarente).
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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