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Price : 225.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 350-270
Mint name / Town : Rhégium, Bruttium
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais court sur la légende. Très belle tête stylisée du lion. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Masque de lion vu de face.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; derrière la tête symbole (omphalos ?).
Reverse legend : [RHGINWN]
Reverse translation : (de Rhegium).
Commentary
Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire, le symbole derrière la tête est peu visible,.
Lightweight. On this example, the symbol behind the head is barely visible,
Lightweight. On this example, the symbol behind the head is barely visible,
Historical background
BRUTTIUM - REGGIO
(387-271 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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