v19_0015 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Di-nomos, distatère ou tétradrachme
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 600.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 895.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 056.00 €
Starting price : 600.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 895.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 056.00 €
Type : Di-nomos, distatère ou tétradrachme
Date: c. 330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,84 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan un peu court très épais, relativement bien centré des deux côtés. Patine de collection ancienne. Joli revers de style fin
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête barbue et casquée de Leucippe à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien, orné d’un quadrige ; derrière, protomé de lion, tourné à droite.
Obverse legend : APH
Reverse
Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa tige, à gauche et au-dessus, une massue.
Reverse legend : METAPON[TINWN]/ AMI
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS n° 431).
Historical background
LUCANIA - METAPONTUM
(340-281 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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