bgr_997682 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
750.00 €(Approx. 780.00$ | 630.00£)
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Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 400-390 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 7,56 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée des deux côtés. Joli revers ainsi qu’une représentation du droit bien venue à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets bleutés et dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier galopant à gauche, tenant un bouclier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche et tenant un casque ainsi qu’un bouclier.
Reverse legend : TARAS
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(5th century BC)
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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