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bgr_921924 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme

CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme AU
550.00 €(Approx. 627.00$ | 473.00£)
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Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 275 AC.
Mint name / Town : Calabre, Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,53 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire légèrement décentré au revers. Jolie représentation du droit. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés

Obverse


Obverse description : Cavalier nu passant à droite, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : IW/ NEU/MH

Reverse


Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un casque de la main droite, accosté de deux astres symbolisant les Dioscures.
Reverse legend : TARAS/ POLU

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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