v49_0009 - CALABRIA - TARAS Unité, (PB, Æ 15)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 129.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 129.00 €
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 129.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 129.00 €
Type : Unité, (PB, Æ 15)
Date: c. 275-200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Calabre, Tarente
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,07 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Beau pétoncle au droit. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine marron foncé, marbrée de rouge
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Claude Burgan (2003)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Pétoncle et grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TAPAN/ E.
Reverse description : Taras (Phalanthos) nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un canthare de la main droite tendue et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse legend : (Tarentinwn)
Reverse translation : (de Tarente).
Commentary
Notre type est anépigraphe et sans différent. Le pétoncle est composé de douze peignes (pecten).
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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