bgr_947199 - LUCANIA - COPIA (THOURIOI or THURIUM) Semis
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Type : Semis
Date: c. 193-89 AC.
Mint name / Town : Copia, Lucanie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Joli buste de Tyché. Usure régulière. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste voilé et tourelé de Tyché à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : COPIA ; LÉGENDE PLACÉE VERTICALEMENT.
Reverse description : Cornucopia (Corne d’abondance) placée verticalement remplie de fruits ; dans le champ à gauche, un caducée.
Historical background
LUCANIA - COPIA (THOURIOI or THURIUM)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Thurium, the new Sybaris, was founded in 443 BC on the site of the ancient Sybaris, destroyed in 510 BC by the Crotoniates. It was a Pan-Hellenic Athenian colony, initially populated by Messenians, driven out by the Spartans. Its silver coinage was very important. It was refounded in 194 BC under the name of Copia by the Romans. At the end of the Republic, again, the name of Thurium is attested. Octave-Auguste was born in Thurium on September 23, 63 BC..
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