v41_0002 - APULIA - RUBI Demi-unité, (PB, Æ 15)

MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €

Type : Demi-unité, (PB, Æ 15)

Date: c. 300-225 AC.

Mint name / Town : Rubi

Metal : copper

Diameter : 14,5 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 1,83 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait, bien venu à la frappe. Revers de joli style. Belle patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - GC.- - ANS.731 - MIAMG.1101 (R) (250€) - HN. Italy817

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Niké marchant à gauche, drapée, les ailes ouvertes, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.

Historical background

APULIA - RUBI

(3rd century BC)

Rubi, the modern Ruvo di Puglia in the province of Bari has been known since ancient times. It was located halfway between Canusium and Barium about ten kilometers from the Adriatic Sea. The city took off in the 6th century BC linked to the import trade of ceramics and black-figure vases, then Corinthian and Attic red-figure vases. This economic expansion lasted for more than two centuries. The city was victim of the conflict which opposed Greeks of Southern Italy and Romans from the beginning of the 3rd century BC. Finally, the cities of Brindes (Brindisi) and Barium (Bari) supplanted Rubi.

APULIA - RUBI Demi-unité XF

90.00 €

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