v41_0021 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Sixième de statère
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sixième de statère
Date: c. 510-490 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Épi bien venu à la frappe. Revers particulier. Recouvert d’une épaisse patine avec des reflets dorés, granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [ME] À DROITE.
Obverse description : Épi de blé de haut relief avec cinq grains par rangée.
Reverse
Reverse description : Bucrane incus.
Commentary
Poids très léger. Type très particulier rarement rencontré dans le monnayage grec.
Historical background
LUCANIA - METAPONTUM
(530-490 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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