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bgr_759723 - BRUTTIUM - TERINA Drachme

BRUTTIUM - TERINA Drachme XF
450.00 €(Approx. 486.00$ | 387.00£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 299-289 AC.
Mint name / Town : Térina, Bruttium
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,16 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de la nymphe Terina. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Terina à gauche, 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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