E-auction 48-20093 - bgr_228891 - SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Unité
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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 65 € |
| Maximum bid : | 77 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 March 2014 15:00:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 275-212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tauromenium, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 12,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier et échancré à 9 et 11 heures. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé épaisse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XIX, n° 37, de MONNAIES XXVI, n° 19, de MONNAIES 34, n° 77 et de MONNAIES 41, n° 81
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche ; derrière la tête, une abeille.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien.
Reverse legend : TAURO/ MENITAN.
Reverse translation : (Tauromenium).
Commentary
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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