Live auction - bgr_646587 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Nomos, statère ou tridrachme
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 520 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 March 2021 14:00:30 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Nomos, statère ou tridrachme
Date: c. 470-440 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, épais, centré des deux côtés. Très jolie frappe incuse. Patine grise avec de légers reflets bleutés au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ME-TA .
Obverse description : Épi de blé de haut relief avec sept grains par rangée ; un serpent dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Incus.
Commentary
Ce type très particulier a la légende répartie de chaque côtés de l’épi : ME-TA (dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre) ce qui semble une variété beaucoup plus rare. Ce type était mal référencé par S. P. Noe qui n’avait pas relevé le serpent dans le champ à gauche.
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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