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bgr_293884 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme

CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme XF
280.00 €(Approx. 294.00$ | 232.40£)
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Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 275 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,14 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, légèrement décentré au revers. Joli droit bien venu à la frappe avec la colonne un peu molle. Frappe faible au revers. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Cavalier nu passant à droite, se couronnant lui-même ; entre les jambes du cheval, le chapiteau d’une colonne ionique.
Obverse legend : IW/ IALO.

Reverse


Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un aplustre de la main droite et une quenouille de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : TARAS/ ANQ.
Reverse translation : (Tarente).

Historical background


CALABRIA - TARAS

(281-272 BC)

Pyrrhus Strategos, King of Epirus

Following the arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy, in 281 BC, the consul L. Aemilius Barbula devastated the territory of the Tarentines after the destruction of a Roman squadron in the Gulf of Taranto. Pyrrhus, thanks to his elephants and to everyone's surprise, won the indecisive battle of Heraclea in 279 BC, hence the expression "Pyrrhic victory" which is equivalent to a victory which leaves the winner so exhausted that a defeat would not have weakened him more.

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