v11_0010 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Nomos ou didrachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 274.41 €
Estimate : 533.57 €
Realised price : 274.41 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 274.41 €
Starting price : 274.41 €
Estimate : 533.57 €
Realised price : 274.41 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 274.41 €
Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 490 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, classe IX
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Weight : 7,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais. Un infime petit coup à 9 heures. Très jolie frappe incuse au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de la vente Vinchon du 10 juin 1985, n° 6
Obverse
Obverse legend : META RÉTROGRADE À DROITE.
Obverse description : Épi de blé de haut relief avec six grains ; dans le champ à gauche, une tête de bélier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INCUS.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de Noe (Noe 222 = ANS 245) et que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 246).
Historical background
LUCANIA - METAPONTUM
(530-490 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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