v38_0034 - BRUTTIUM - REGGIO Obole, (MB, Æ 23)
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole, (MB, Æ 23)
Date: c. 260-215 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhégium
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bombé, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait d’Apollon de haut relief. Trépied bien venu à la frappe au revers. Très jolie patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon laurée à gauche, les cheveux longs ; derrière la tête une petite corne d’abondance.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied ornementé.
Reverse legend : RHGI/NWN
Reverse translation : (de Rhegium).
Commentary
Portrait fortement romanisé bien qu’appartenant au système monétaire grec.
Highly Romanized portrait although belonging to the Greek monetary system
Highly Romanized portrait although belonging to the Greek monetary system
Historical background
BRUTTIUM - REGGIO
(3rd century BC)
Rhegium (Rhegion), the last city of the Italian boot on the continent, located on the Strait of Messina opposite Sicily, was founded around 720 BC by Chalcidian settlers. The city was destroyed in 387 BC by Dionysius of Syracuse. It was nevertheless rebuilt by Dionysius the Younger around 356-350 BC. The Romans captured the city in 271 BC, but were quickly expelled. After 203 BC and the end of the Second Punic War, Rhegium fell definitively under Roman rule..
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