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bgr_400640 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Diobole

LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Diobole VF
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Price : 195.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 470-440 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable. Revers tout à fait inhabituel. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Savoca Coins et de la collection Laurent F

Obverse


Obverse legend : [ME] À DROITE.
Obverse description : Épi de blé de haut relief avec quatre grains par rangée.

Reverse


Reverse description : Grain d’orge incus.
Reverse legend : Q - Q.

Commentary


Poids très léger. Type très particulier rarement rencontré dans le monnayage grec. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente. Les annelets de chaque côté du grain d’orge sont une marque de valeur pour deux.

Historical background


LUCANIA - METAPONTUM

(470-350 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. It played an important role until the end of the Punic Wars. This coinage was struck in 334 BC, at the time of the intervention of Alexander the Molossus, brother-in-law of Alexander the Great, who was called by the Tarentines to fight against the tribes of southern Italy . Alexander establishes a workshop in Métaponte. He died at the Battle of Pandosia in 330 BC fighting against the Lucanians and the Bruttians.

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