v19_0037 - SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Unité de bronze, (MB, Æ 24)
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 182.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 192.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 182.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 192.00 €
Type : Unité de bronze, (MB, Æ 24)
Date: c. 275-212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tauromenium
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 13,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan irrégulier et échancré à 9 et 11 heures. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche ; derrière la tête, une abeille.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied.
Reverse legend : TAURO/ MENITAN
Commentary
Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS n° 1138).
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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