bgr_712766 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 300-250
AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, Lucanie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée présentant un joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa tige avec sa feuille à droite surmonté d’un trepied.
Reverse legend : META.
Reverse translation : (de Métaponte).
Commentary
Ce type est en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Ce type n’est pas repris dans la classification de Rutter (HN. Italy).
Historical background
LUCANIA - METAPONTUM
(3rd century BC)
Metaponte, an Achaean colony located in the Gulf of Taranto, is said to have been founded in 773 BC. First allied with the Sybarites and the Crotoniates, it then took possession of the territories of Siris. After the destruction of Sybaris by Crotone in 510 BC, the city welcomed Pythagoras. Metaponte took part in the Pan-Hellenic foundation of Thurium in 443 BC. During the Peloponnesian War, she supported Athens against Syracuse. During the war between Rome and Pyrrhus, she sided with the latter. Finally, during the Second Punic War (221-201 BC). it favored Hannibal who established his headquarters there in 210 BC after the loss of Capua. It definitely lost its independence after 201 BC..
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