Live auction - bgr_411424 - LUCANIA - THOURIOI Quadrans
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 31 January 2017 14:02:30 |
Type : Quadrans
Date: c. 268-194 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thurium, Lucanie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un petit flan parfaitement centré. Très belle tête d’Apollon. Revers particulièrement bien venu à la frappe, finement détaillé. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon laurée à gauche avec les mèches de cheveux tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende placée horizontalement au-dessus d’un foudre ailé ; au-dessous, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : QOURIWN/ Th.
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce type de bronze pourrait correspondre à un quadrans d’étalon semi-oncial.
Historical background
LUCANIA - THOURIOI
(268-194 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.
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