E-auction 363-275974 - bgr_583775 - APULIA - SALAPIA Unité

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	59 €
Maximum bid :	81 €
End of the sale :	30 March 2020 14:02:00
bidders :	9 bidders

Type : Unité

Date: c. 225-210 AC.

Mint name / Town : Salapia, Apulie

Metal : copper

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 7,54 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré avec une belle tête de Zeus. Frappe molle et faible au revers. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

BMC.4 - GC.- - ANS.738 - MIAMG.1105 R2)) (600€) - HN. Italy690 - HGCS. 1640

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à gauche ; derrière, un foudre.

Obverse legend : S-ALAPIANWN.

Obverse translation : (de Salapia).

Reverse

Reverse description : Sanglier passant à droite ; au-dessus, un fer de lance.

Reverse legend : PULLOU.

Reverse translation : (de Pillos).

Commentary

Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons un exemplaire à la vente.

Historical background

APULIA - SALAPIA

(4th - 3rd century BC)

Salapia, ancient city of Apulia, was a fortified settlement of the Messapians with access to the Adriatic Sea. Tradition attributed the foundation of Salapia to Diomedes. Salapia was first Rome's ally in the wars against the Samnites. In 216, after the disaster of Cannae where Rome was crushed, Dazos, the ruler of Arpi abandoned the Roman alliance to rally Hannibal and the Carthaginians (Appian, Hannibal VII, 31). The city received a Numidian garrison before being taken over by the Romans in 210 BC. The city was taken and ransacked during the Social War, then abandoned in the 1st century BC..