bgr_812998 - SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Onkia
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Type : Onkia
Date: c. 344-336 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tauromenium, Sicile,
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Revers agréable. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Casque phrygien à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Monogramme dans une couronne.
Reverse legend : (TA).
Reverse translation : (Tauromenion).
Commentary
Ce type monétaire est frappé à l’instigation des mercenaires campaniens. D. Castrizio a recensé quatorze exemplaires et G. Buceti quarante-sept exemplaires avec des poids compris entre 1,49 g et 2,95 g. Le monogramme du revers est parfois lu KA plutôt que TA.
Historical background
SICILY - TAUROMENIUM
(4th - 3rd century BC)
Tauromenium, located near Mount Taurus, near ancient Naxos, was a Siceliot fortress built in 396 BC. Exiled Naxians settled there in 358 BC. The city then became important. Andromache, his protector, supported Timoléon in his conquest of Sicily. The city after falling under Syracusan domination passed under the control of Rome after 212 BC to become the city of Taormina.
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