E-auction 34-12151 - bgr_283479 - LUCANIA - THOURIOI Demi-unité
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 33 € |
| Maximum bid : | 40 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 December 2013 15:02:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 435- 415/410 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thurium, Lucanie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure très importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Spink America du 6 juillet 1999, n° 406
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Athéna à droite coiffée du casque attique à triple aigrette orné d’une branche d’olivier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à droite, la tête de trois quarts de face ; à l'exergue, un thon à droite.
Reverse legend : [QOURIWN
Reverse translation : (de Thurium).
Commentary
La datation de ce type a été légèrement relevée.
Historical background
LUCANIA - THOURIOI
(5th - 4th century BC)
Thurium whose name would be derived from a fountain named Thuria, the new Sybaris, was founded in 443 BC on the site of the ancient Sybaris, destroyed in 510 BC by the Crotoniates. It was a Pan-Hellenic Athenian colony, initially populated by Messenians, driven out by the Spartans. Its silver coinage was very important. Around 390 BC, the Lucanians inflicted a serious defeat on the inhabitants of Thurium (Diodorus of Sicily XIV, 101) which did not affect the prosperity of the city. It fell under the thumb of the Brettiens in 268 before. It was refounded in 194 BC under the name of Copia by the Romans. At the end of the Republic, again, the name of Thurium is attested. Octave-Auguste was born there on September 23, 63 BC.
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