Live auction - bgr_480805 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Nomos ou didrachme
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 31 July 2018 14:02:00 |
Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 340-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 7,44 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Belle tête de Déméter avec le coin bouché dans la chevelure. Joli revers, faible sur la légende. Patine de collection légèrement granuleuse avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Déméter à gauche, coiffée d’une couronne d’épis, les cheveux relevés, tirés en arrière avec collier et boucles d'oreille.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [META] .
Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa tige ; un caducée dans le champ à droite.
Reverse legend : LU.
Reverse translation : (Métaponte).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection Bement (Naville VI, 2 janvier 1924, n° 184). Petit défaut de fabrication visible sur le nez de Déméter au droit.
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. It played an important role until the end of the Punic Wars. Metaponte took part in the Pan-Hellenic foundation of Thurium in 443 BC. During the Peloponnesian War, she supported Athens against Syracuse. Alexander the Molossian, brother-in-law of Alexander the Great was called by the Tarentines in 334 BC 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. 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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