v11_0012 - LUCANIA - SYBARIS Tiers de nomos ou de statère ou drachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 200.17 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 213.43 €
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 200.17 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 213.43 €
Type : Tiers de nomos ou de statère ou drachme
Date: c. 530-510 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lucanie, Sybaris
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Weight : 2,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Frappé avec un coin usé. Sujet complet
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VM.
Obverse description : Taureau debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite ; ligne d’exergue perlée.
Reverse
Reverse description : Incus.
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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