bgr_793175 - LUCANIA - SYBARIS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 530-510 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sybaris, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Gros manque de métal. Revers agréable. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VM À L’EXERGUE.
Obverse description : Taureau à gauche, tournant la tête à droite ; ligne d’exergue perlée ; grènetis perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Incus du droit.
Historical background
LUCANIA - SYBARIS
(530-510 BC)
Sybaris, an Achaean colony was founded around 720 BC. The luxury of the sybarites was proverbial. It was the most powerful city in Magna Graecia. It was destroyed by the Crotoniates in 510 BC. The survivors found refuge in Poseidonia or Laüs which they founded.
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