bgr_881787 - CALABRIA - TARAS Litra
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 480-470 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8 mm
Weight : 0,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli pétoncle. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
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.
Our guy is an epigrapher. The scallop is made up of seven combs (pecten) included in an exterior grit that is almost invisible on this example.
Our guy is an epigrapher. The scallop is made up of seven combs (pecten) included in an exterior grit that is almost invisible on this example.
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).
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