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bgr_787222 - BRUTTIUM - TERINA Tetras

BRUTTIUM - TERINA Tetras VF
VF
75.00 €(Approx. 80.25$ | 65.25£)
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Type : Tetras
Date: c. 350-275 AC.
Mint name / Town : Térina, Bruttium
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Usure importante. Joli crabe. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
ANS.889  - GC.697  - BMC.54 var. - MIAMG.3729 (R) (400€) - HN. Italy2644  - Cop.2037

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Terina à droite, les cheveux tirés en arrière et retenus par un sphendoné.

Reverse

Reverse description : Crabe vu de dessus avec un croissant renversé entre les pinces.
Reverse legend : [TERI].

Historical background

BRUTTIUM - Terina

(Ve - fourth century BC)

Terina, founded in the sixth 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 released by Alexander the Molossian king of Epirus between 334 and 330 BC before coming under Roman rule after the fall of Tarentum in 272 BC The city was completely destroyed during the Second Punic War by Hannibal in 203 BC.

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