v55_0002 - BRUTTIUM - REGGIO Obole

XF/VF

MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €

Type : Obole

Date: c. 350-270 AC.

Mint name / Town : Rhégium, Bruttium

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 5,98 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Très joli masque de lion. Frappe un peu faible au revers. Patine vert noir. Flan un peu court

Catalogue references :

Samb.- - BMC.- - ANS.685 - MIAMG.3601 var. - HN. Italy2534 a - SNG. France 6./- - GC.684

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXIV, n° 20, de MONNAIES 34, n°29 et de MONNAIES 41, n° 37

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Masque de lion vu de face.

Reverse

Reverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs ; derrière la tête, un symbole.

Reverse legend : RHGINWN

Reverse translation : (de Rhegium).

Commentary

Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire, le symbole derrière la tête n’est pas vraiment visible.
Lightweight. On this example, the symbol behind the head is not really 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..

BRUTTIUM - REGGIO Obole VF

75.00 €

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