v20_0003 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 375.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 420.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 375.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 420.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 275 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, légèrement taché au droit, décentré au revers. Style fin et élégant. Le cheval se détache parfaitement et semble s’animer. Au revers, la musculature de Taras est nerveuse et stylisée
Catalogue references :
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/ [P]OLU.
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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