v49_0007 - CALABRIA - BRUNDISIUM Semis, (PB, Æ 20)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Semis, (PB, Æ 20)
Date: c. 200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Calabre, Brundisium
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 8,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale un peu court, bien centré des deux côtés. Tête de Neptune, légèrement stylisée, bien venue à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert olive clair légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Crédit de la Bourse (1994)
Obverse
Obverse legend : S.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Poséidon (Neptune) à droite ; derrière, un petit trident posé verticalement surmonté d’une petite Niké (Victoria) le couronnant.
Reverse
Reverse legend : S/ BRVN.
Reverse description : Personnage nu (Taras ?), chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant une Niké de la main droite et une cithare de la main gauche.
Commentary
Poids lourd. Plusieurs monogrammes se rencontrent sur ce type d’étalon semi-oncial (M. BIT, (AVT) et M. PV). Le petit personnage est parfois décrit dans les ouvrages les plus anciens comme étant Taras, le héros éponyme de Tarente. Il faut plutôt y voir un jeune homme citharède (qui tient une cithare) et que couronne une petite Niké (Victoire).
Heavyweight. Several monograms are found on this type of semi-uncial standard (M. BIT, (AVT) and M. PV). The small figure is sometimes described in the oldest works as being Taras, the eponymous hero of Tarentum. It should rather be seen as a young cithared man (who holds a cithara) and who is crowned by a small Nike (Victory)
Heavyweight. Several monograms are found on this type of semi-uncial standard (M. BIT, (AVT) and M. PV). The small figure is sometimes described in the oldest works as being Taras, the eponymous hero of Tarentum. It should rather be seen as a young cithared man (who holds a cithara) and who is crowned by a small Nike (Victory)
Historical background
CALABRIA - BRUNDISIUM
(2nd century BC)
The name Brundisium (Brindisi) would come from the shape of its port with two basins having the shape of deer antlers in the local idiom. Phalantos, the hero perched on a dolphin, would be dead and buried there, according to the account of Strabo in his Geography (VI. 3,6), would be an explanation for the representation of the reverse of many coins. Having become a Roman colony in 244 BC, Brundisium became the main port on the eastern coast of Calabria on the Adriatic bound for the Orient and played an important role in the various wars waged against Antiochos III, the Macedonian kings, Philip V and Perseus, finally Mithridates VI of Pontus. The Via Appia (Appian Way) ended at Brundisium where an arch was raised by decree of the Senate in 31 BC at the instigation of Octavian.
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