bgr_374600 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Nomos ou statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Nomos ou statère
Date: c. 430-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lucanie, Métaponte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,67 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Belle tête de Koré. Frappe molle au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
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Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Koré à droite, coiffée de l’ampyx avec collier et boucles d’oreille ; derrière la tête monogramme (A).
Reverse
Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa tige.
Reverse legend : META.
Reverse translation : (Métaponte).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire décrit dans l’ouvrage de Noe (n° 386, pl. 28-29). Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection du Consul Weber (n° 757).
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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