Live auction - bgr_432002 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | 550 € |
| Maximum bid : | 560 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 14:01:00 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 281-272 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large parfaitement centré des deux côtés, bien venu à la frappe à l’usure superficielle. Joli droit de style fin à l’usure superficielle. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Très belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Éphèbe nu debout à gauche, tenant un cheval par la bride et le couronnant ; l’animal est au pas à gauche, monté par un cavalier nu.
Obverse legend : ARI/ STI/ P// GU
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à droite, tenant un arc de la main gauche et une flèche de la main droite ; dans le champ inférieur droit, un éléphant à droite.
Reverse legend : TAR[AS]
Reverse translation : (Tarente).
Commentary
Exemplaire historiquement important. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1104, pl. 30).
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 "Pyrrhian-style victory" which is equivalent to a victory which leaves the winner so exhausted that a defeat would not have weakened him more. After the victory at Ascoli in 279 BC, Pyrrhus failed to secure a decisive victory over the Romans, became angry with his Greek and Syracusan allies, and was finally defeated at Benevento in 275 BC. C. He retired to Epirus, where he was eventually assassinated. After the departure of Pyrrhus, Taranto submitted to Rome. In 272 BC, Taranto surrendered, after a long siege, to the consul Lucius Papirius Cursor.
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