bgr_933034 - SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Litra
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Price : 180.00 €
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Price : 180.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 275-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tauromenium, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,90 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Beau portrait d’Héraklès. Frappe un peu faible. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête barbue d’Héraklès à droite, coiffé de la tainia ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Obverse legend : (EK).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à droite ; ligne de sol ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : TAU-ROMENITAN.
Reverse translation : (de Tauromenium).
Commentary
Pour ce type G. Buceti a relevé quatorze exemplaires avec des poids compris entre 5,21 g et 8,08 g.
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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