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bgr_759174 - SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Drachme

SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Drachme AU/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 750.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 305-295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tauromenium, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,50 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,04 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très belle tête d’Apollon, finement détaillé. Revers agréable. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
HGCS. 2/1575  - ANS.1121  - MIAMG.5361  - Cop.931  - BMC.10

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; une étoile dans le champ à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse description : Trépied delphien vu de face.
Reverse legend : TAUROME-NITAN.
Reverse translation : (Tauromenium).

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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