bgr_1029153 - BRUTTIUM - TERINA Drachme
300.00 €(Approx. 342.00$ | 252.00£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 299-289 AC.
Mint name / Town : Térina, Bruttium
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Terina à droite, les cheveux ondulés avec collier et boucle d’oreille ; un triskèle derrière la tête.
Obverse legend : [TERINAIWN]
Obverse translation : (de Terina).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Niké assise à gauche sur cippe, tenant un oiseau et un caducée.
Commentary
Dans le système monétaire de Terina, le nomos est divisé en trois drachmes.
Historical background
BRUTTIUM - TERINA
(5th - 4th century BC)
Terina, founded in the 6th century BC, was a colony of Croton, located on the Tyrrhenian Sea, on the western coast of Bruttium. It was conquered by the Bruttians in 356 BC, then liberated by Alexander the Molossus, king of Epirus between 334 and 330 BC before passing under Roman domination after the fall of Taranto in 272 BC The city was totally destroyed during the Second Punic War by Hannibal in 203 BC.
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