bgr_275181 - CALABRIA - TARAS Litra

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Price : 145.00 €

Type : Litra

Date: c. 480-470 AC.

Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre

Metal : silver

Diameter : 10,5 mm

Weight : 0,74 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière finement patinée

Catalogue references :

V.1113 - BMC.56 - ANS.1330 - MIAMG.1669 (R) (250€) - GC.228 - HN. Italy835 - Côte7

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Weil de Vernon de mai 2002

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Pétoncle et grènetis.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Roue à quatre rayons entretoisée sur la jante avec moyeu central.

Commentary

Notre type est anépigraphe. Le pétoncle est composé de sept peignes (pecten) inclus dans un grènetis extérieur presque invisible sur cet exemplaire.

Historical background

CALABRIA - TARAS

(5th century BC)

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).

CALABRIA - TARAS Litra XF

175.00 €

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CALABRIA - TARAS Litra XF

195.00 €

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CALABRIA - TARAS Litra XF

75.00 €

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CALABRIA - TARAS Litra VF

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bgr_275181 - CALABRIA - TARAS Litra

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

CALABRIA - TARAS

(5th century BC)

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