v24_0007 - CALABRIA - TARAS Diobole
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 270-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,9 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Représentation du visage tout à fait exceptionnelle sur un aussi petit diamètre. Bien centré au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna de trois quarts de face à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier et à triple aigrette, la visière ornée d’un Skylla (monstre marin) de face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Héraklès debout à droite, étranglant le lion de Némée ; dans le champ à gauche, la massue.
Commentary
Cette pièce, sans marque ou inscription au revers visible semble complètement inédite et non répertoriée et manque à tous les ouvrages consultés, mais doit bien être attribuée à Tarente.
This piece, without any mark or inscription on the visible reverse, appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted and is missing from all the works consulted, but must be attributed to Tarentum.
This piece, without any mark or inscription on the visible reverse, appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted and is missing from all the works consulted, but must be attributed to Tarentum.
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(272-235 BC)
Autonomous - First Treaty with the Romans
Taranto, founded around 706 BC by the Parthenopeans, was Sparta's only colony. According to mythology, Taras was the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyra. He was saved during a shipwreck by a dolphin who deposited him near the future city and the legend TAPAS designates the city. After the departure of Pyrrhus, Taranto submitted to Rome. Under the leadership of Consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus, Taranto became an allied city of Rome. After the defeat of 272 BC, it experienced a great period of prosperity which lasted until the Second Punic War (221-202 BC).
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