bgr_603013 - BRUTTIUM - REGGIO Obole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 218-213 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bruttium, Rhégium
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 7,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Métal légèrement piqué au revers. Joli portrait. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon laurée à gauche, les cheveux longs ; derrière la tête, un plectrum ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied ornementé ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : RHGI/NWN
Reverse translation : (de Rhegium).
Commentary
Le symbole derrière la tête d’Apollon est décrit comme un plectrum. Au droit le plectrum (aiguillon en grec) instrument en os ou écaille servait à pincer les cordes de la lyre par exemple.
The symbol behind Apollo's head is described as a plectrum. On the right, the plectrum (goad in Greek) is an instrument made of bone or shell used to pluck the strings of the lyre, for example.
The symbol behind Apollo's head is described as a plectrum. On the right, the plectrum (goad in Greek) is an instrument made of bone or shell used to pluck the strings of the lyre, for example.
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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