v23_0009 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 279.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 279.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 279.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 279.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 270-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 6,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan relativement étroit avec une jolie patine de collection ancienne, foncée avec des reflets bleutés et mordorés au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu au pas à droite, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : AGAQ-A/ RCOS
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un canthare de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche ; derrière, une torche de course allumée.
Reverse legend : TARAS/ ARIST
Commentary
Au revers, la torche de course allumée n’est pas sans rappeler la flamme olympique.
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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