bgr_980682 - SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 305-289 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tauromenium, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 8,34 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque .
Obverse legend : ARCAGETAS
Obverse translation : (Archegetes).
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien vu de face.
Reverse legend : TAUROM/ENITAN
Reverse translation : (Tauromenium).
Commentary
Pour cette série, nous avons une étendue pondérale très importante.
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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