bgr_640352 - CALABRIA - TARAS Litra

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Type : Litra

Date: c. 470-450 AC.

Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre

Metal : silver

Diameter : 10 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 0,67 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré à l’usure importante, identifiable. Patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

V.1149 - BMC.- - ANS.1339 - MIAMG.1676 (R) (425€) - GC.333 var. - HN. Italy840 - Côte- - HGCS. 1843

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Pétoncle et grènetis.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Tête féminine de nymphe à droite dans les restes d’un carré creux.

Commentary

Notre type est anépigraphe. Le pétoncle est composé de huit peignes (pecten) inclus dans un grènetis extérieur. Au revers, la nymphe est parfois assimilée à la cité de Tarente elle-même, voir à une tête de satyre.

Historical background

CALABRIA - TARAS

(5th century BC)

Taranto, founded around 706 BC by the Parthenopeans, was Sparta's only colony. According to mythology, Taras was the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyra. He was saved during a shipwreck by a dolphin who deposited him near the future city and the legend TAPAS designates the city. After the departure of Pyrrhus, Taranto submitted to Rome. Under the leadership of Consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus, Taranto became an allied city of Rome. After the defeat of 272 BC, it experienced a great period of prosperity which lasted until the Second Punic War (221-202 BC).

CALABRIA - TARAS Litra XF

75.00 €

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CALABRIA - TARAS Litra XF

175.00 €

Full data

CALABRIA - TARAS Litra XF

195.00 €

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bgr_640352 - CALABRIA - TARAS Litra

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

CALABRIA - TARAS

(5th century BC)

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